This is a pattern about some people being subject to the rule of law and others not.

When she doesn't show up to her own congressional hearing today, she's not just disrespecting Democrats... she disrespects the entire body.

We cannot use our official government capacities for partisan political purposes. That's a pretty clear line.

As climate change worsens, we know through scientific consensus and modeling that more environmental disasters are to come.

Not a single home has been permanently fixed. Not a single road has been permanently fixed.

These Americans are still suffering today almost two years after Hurricane Maria devastated the island.

FEMA is--as its name implies, it is the Federal emergency management agency. Its primary responsibility is in the short term and emergency management of natural disasters.

We have incompetent people in charge here and are getting no response to our urgent needs.

There is no permanent road--there is no road that has been permanently fixed.

Unfortunately, I think that we just are at the juncture in which we cannot wait.

We are talking about children without a playground area, children that are not able to learn in a healthy environment, and 20,000 families still waiting for decent housing to protect their families.

Do you believe that the agency is fully resourced and is actively planning for the full-term transition of the United States infrastructure to accommodate for sea level rises and other changes brought by natural disasters and climate…