Kathleen Rice: “We have to do better for those who have served our country.”

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.

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.

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.

This tragedy hit home for one of our former colleagues, former Congressman Rick Nolan, who lost his daughter Katherine to lung cancer even though she did not smoke.