That is what my bipartisan HELPER Act is, and we look forward to working with the Committee on that.

I will be reintroducing my bipartisan NFIP Re Act, and I appreciate the Chairman is going to be having a hearing on flood insurance, which is critically important.

That is what my bipartisan HELPER Act is, and we look forward to working with the Committee on that.

FEMA has long struggled to keep premiums affordable, but it appears that the NFIP's new rating methodology, called Risk Rating 2.0, has only made flood insurance more out of reach for working and middle-class families.

Climate change is fueling record floods around the world from Pakistan to Nigeria and extreme droughts in Brazil and Central Asia.

That is why I introduced a discussion draft for today's hearing, Mr. Chairman that would modernize FHA's ability to finance multifamily housing construction around the country.

It is a simple, commonsense proposal that would update FHA's lending ability to accurately reflect the increase in construction costs over the past 20 years.

That's a challenging thing.

I am sure I speak for all of us when I say how relieved I was to hear about the successful evacuation of our officials from Sudan.

We cannot and must not abandon the Sudanese people nor will insecurity deter us from our work in other parts of the continent and other places in the world.

Russia's war in Ukraine is driving up food, fertilizer, and energy costs all over the globe.

Forty-eight million people in West Africa are experiencing food insecurity.