I think the study would be fundamentally flawed if we are not considering the local roads and the impact that it has on the local taxpayers.

I hope that we can have disaster legislation and a GSA reform bill ready for the committee to consider in the first half of this year.

the Stafford Act doesn't come close to bringing people back to where they were before a disaster.

I think there is something that we can do. Time is money when it comes to rebuilding.

These were major accomplishments, and I thank everyone who was involved in them.

I look forward to building on our bipartisan record of accomplishments from last Congress.

This Congress, my two top priorities are going to be public buildings reform and disaster legislation.

Nearly 20 million Americans woke up this morning either unemployed or underemployed.

So adding 5 million more competitors for these jobs will make it easier?

I don't think it is fair, especially around the holidays, to put illegal immigrants ahead of the American worker.

But you did testify in the last hearing----