We need the Army Corps to start right away and do a study.
Let me be blunt: the process in many places in many ways is badly broken.
We can either invest now, or we will pay later.
In other ways, it is much more devastating than Katrina.
One of the roles of the Federal Government is to keep people safe.
305,000 homes are seriously damaged or gone.
I think they just have to find a way to get around that. If they can do that, I think they can have a framework for ever...
Senator Schumer and I, and others, have called for the banning of this practice.
I wish to thank Chairman Reed and Ranking Member Crapo for holding this important hearing today.
I look forward to today's hearing, and we should all look forward to pressing our regulators to address these questions.
I am very happy to support him. I hope my colleagues will also, and thank you for this courtesy.