If we are better prepared, if we invest in resilience, if we invest in the case of the west coast and an early warning system, we can save potentially thousands of lives and billions of dollars in infrastructure and economic damages and losses.
Stressing the need for investment in disaster preparedness to save lives and resources.
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So, I guess that kind of raises the issue, which I will be passing on to Garret Graves, who I think will chair this committee in the future, of whether or not we should raise the passenger facility charge so we have a user fee which pays…
I also want to thank Chairman DeFazio in particular for his work in shaping this legislation.
But I am proud of the work of this committee, and this Congress as a whole, these last two years--to defeat that sense of inertia and deliver for the American people.
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