Political Quotes

“I thank the ranking member, and I would like to thank the committee also for including the PREPARE Act in the en bloc package. I would also like to thank Congressman Lance for being my partner on the PREPARE Act for the past two Congresses and Congressmen Webster, Sanford, and Meadows for being cosponsors and supporters of my amendment, the PREPARE Act. I would also like to thank the over 50 outside organizations, companies, and think tanks that have supported the PREPARE Act. Finally, I thank Chairman Shuster and Congressman Gowdy for passing the PREPARE Act out of the T&I and OGR committees, respectively. Extreme weather is expensive. Last year the public and private sector saw a combined $300 billion in damages from major extreme weather events. Congress had to spend an extra $120 billion in disaster supplemental appropriations so we could get our disaster-ravaged communities back on their feet. And from our infrastructure to our defense, our public buildings to our supply chains, the Federal Government itself has an enormous amount of assets that are vulnerable to extreme weather events. I have been working for 5 years to build upon commonsense GAO recommendations to help our Federal Government and our Nation better prepare for extreme weather events. This amendment will save lives and will save money by helping get our government coordinated, improve planning, and facilitate a better working relationship with State and local officials.…”