I am afraid we are down to 55 seconds to get over there and vote.

I mean, for Puerto Rico, it is the biggest amount of funds ever been approved, but we haven't received all of them because of this holdup in the deadline in October.

A majority of the Congress is very alarmed at the increasing severity and costs of extreme weather.

the Nation's infrastructure is crumbling.

With DRRA, Congress has signaled the importance of building resiliency so that Americans in communities impacted by disasters are able to get back up on their feet again with a minimal loss to lives and property.

I cannot stress how important it is to improve mitigation efforts between Federal, State, and local entities.

So my colleagues and I on the committee are eager to hear about your progress, and we also want you to understand how important it is that the agency take this opportunity to be bold in implementing the changes that are in the law because…

There is a tremendous backlog that we hear about with access to citizenship, visas, work visas, family visas, humanitarian visas, all kind of relief.

I don't know if you can confirm those numbers or dispute them or can get back to us?

You want $5 billion to build a wall to kind-of keep out sick children, I guess.

Members of both parties have urged a significant investment in our nation's infrastructure for some time.

We all learned in kindergarten that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and DRRA is the statutory embodiment of that embroidered pillow on your grandmother's sofa.

Absolutely. Thank you for the suggestion.

You want transparency, one you want to be at the table, and one you want it sooner rather than later.

Disaster resilience starts with building codes, because they enhance public safety and property protection.

I would like to hope that we can work to improve transparency and communication across the Government.

the Mueller report concluded that the Russian government had interfered in our election--I think the quote was 'in a sweeping and systematic fashion'

we have a president who seems to just pooh-pooh all this. He sides with Putin over our own intelligence.

He just minimizes at every turn this Russian engagement. He seems to think that Russia could be a buddy of ours if we just find the right interest.

if I am scared to fly on that, I don't want my family, my friends, my constituents, or my visitors to fly on that plane, too.

When this first happened, though--I fly back and forth on Southwest every weekend--first thing I did was call to see if the flight I had scheduled was one of these that was in question.

But here is the title of the report: 'FEMA Should Not Have Awarded Two Contracts to Bronze Star LLC.'

How do you keep tabs on them after they have gone through the program?

How do you screen the people that come into that program from Saudi Arabia?

I wonder if you are satisfied that there is enough oversight and security there, especially with a country like Saudi Arabia that we really--I don't trust.