Kathleen Rice: “I also want to thank Congressman Gonzalez for your tireless bipartisan efforts to give student athletes the opportunity…”

I think what we are--the subject matter of today's hearing brings me to that--again to that issue of how we get people around safely and efficiently.

Whether due to poor State, local, and Federal coordination, understaffing, or even a lack of political will, the elderly and people of color do not benefit from Federal disaster relief compared to other Americans.

I am very proud of the workforce development efforts already underway at Stony Brook University and Farmingdale State College in my home State of New York.

We all agree that we have to put more money into this program across the board.