Kathleen Rice: “In fact, GAO has repeatedly noted that coordination and communication are critical to the successful implementation of…”

How can we create or encourage a more holistic approach to disaster relief that improves intergovernmental coordination?

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.

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.

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.