Peter DeFazio actually said...

Disasters are not partisan in nature, and we have worked on both sides of the aisle to reform Stafford.

I hope in the future they'll sit at the table alongside their Federal partners and share with us future concerns about challenges.

It's vital that each of the departments and agencies tasked with recovery have the resources and expertise to fulfill missions.

There's more that needs to be done, and that's why we're here today, to figure out how can we better administer these programs for recovery.