"The apparent inconsistencies and inequities for disaster survivors seeking help are frustrating."
"Survivors who have lost literally everything should not have to go through a rigmarole to try to prove eligibility for often meager FEMA assistance."
"We already know, and as Chairman DeFazio pointed out, the demand is great for State, local, Tribal, and Territorial governments to invest in infrastructure projects to mitigate some of these known and..."
"This idea was introduced by our colleague, Representative Angie Craig, and it is based on very successful Water State Revolving Funds."
"H.R. 539 ensures that at the very least, disaster victims don't pay the price for FEMA's errors."
"I look forward to hearing how Administrator Criswell and her team plan to convert the priorities in the President Biden's Fiscal Year 2022 budget request into measurable improvements in FEMA's adminis..."
"While the agency has accomplished much since March 2020--including helping state, local, tribal, and territorial partners fully vaccinate more than one hundred and fifty million Americans since Januar..."
"We must build back better, not continue to make the same mistakes because it may be easier or cheaper in the short-term."
"Maybe we should all go down there on a field trip for this committee."
"It is very refreshing to hear you speak so freely about the impacts of climate change as opposed to erasing the term from the website like we saw happen with some agencies under the last administratio..."
"We would just hate to see those cut. So, I hope that Congress can find a way to restore some of those dollars."