"I also want to especially thank Senator Landrieu for her extraordinary leadership on this subcommittee."
"The stories that I hear most from residents is the runaround, it is the constant runaround from their insurance agent."
"I think this hearing is such an important component to that, because not only are you going to hear from the Federal representatives, but you are going to hear from some local leaders to begin to crea..."
"I will be introducing legislation later this year requiring the Federal Government to develop a national resiliency strategy."
"When Superstorm Sandy hit just over 4 months ago, our State suffered unimaginable losses."
"On behalf of the families and small business owners throughout New York City still suffering from the effects of Superstorm Sandy, I would like to give a warm welcome to Chairwoman Landrieu and the me..."
"Well, that gets to sequestration. Obviously, with an 8-percent cut, that is going to be devastating."
"So I want to know from you what are the lessons that you would suggest to us about how we should think about benchmarks such as LIBOR."
"Just basically proving out that this system of checks and balances is enough I think would be incredibly useful for our Committee."
"Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, for your leadership in holding this hearing. I am very grateful."
"I think it was Congress' clear words that we be technology neutral, and we will be technology neutral, whether it is by Internet, by text messaging, by telephone, by carrier pigeon."