I am a strong supporter of MCC--the Millennium Challenge Corporation.

I rise in support of this amendment. I think it is important that we pass it, and I hope my colleagues on both sides of the aisle support it. As we all know, as a result of the rushed and chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan, people were…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 50, nays 50, as…

I am here on the floor today to talk about the massive tax increases that are being proposed by my colleagues on the other side of the aisle and by the Biden administration and by the Democrats in the House as a way to pay for this big…

It is federally supported, State managed, and locally executed.

FEMA is the principle agency that coordinates the Federal response to natural disasters.

Research has shown that $1 of mitigation saves, on average, $6 on future disaster costs.

We need to be better prepared, and we need to be sure that FEMA is there to respond effectively.

We look forward to hearing more as you have it, perhaps even in a classified setting, to understand what we can do to be able to respond, as you say, to be able to push back against these nation-state actors who continue to probe and to…

I appreciate that. I guess I am glad to hear that, that you feel like, in this case, we have a handle on it.

I would hope we could talk about the important, not just the urgent, but the urgent is upon us again.

Unfortunately, we live in a state of constant attacks, and we just had another one.