Peter DeFazio actually said...

"It's critical that we discuss FEMA's short-term and long-term plans to meet challenges posed by an evolving disaster landscape."

"I hope that implementing reforms to make this process more accessible will continue to be a shared priority of the committee and the Agency."

"We have to be able to be certain that your programs are implemented as effectively, efficiently, equitably, with as little redtape as possible."

"We had temperatures that were so far above the norm, it couldn't have happened--there is a consensus of scientists--without the impacts of climate change."