Kirsten Gillibrand actually said...

"New York has never suffered on this level because of a natural disaster ever."

"The initial estimates are that just fixing our mass transit system could cost about $5 billion."

"It is our job to protect people. It is our job to help communities rebuild when there are natural disasters that local governments just cannot afford to be able to pay for on their own."

"The reason why these hearings matter is because the rest of Congress... has not seen the devastation in these communities."