Summer Lee

I think it would be more than appropriate for him to visit and understand what recovery is.

Let me just say, we are hurting, and we will put the pressure where it needs to be.

We are needing direct payments. I think you are well aware of the requests by our county and city governments.

People are frightened. In a town hall meeting or a civic club meeting that I was at, I met one father who reminded me of his experience of being in dark and dirty water with his children.

I am asking for an extension. I am asking for a response to these people who are frightened and fearful that they will have no place to go.

I introduced H.R. 3686 for $174 billion to help this region, which I believe still is the amount to help us going forward.

I believe that this hearing hopefully will emphasize their pain and that they will have the opportunity to have the engagement of all the resources here while they are still suffering from Hurricane Harvey.

I know, Congressman Jackson Lee, you were there with us.

What should we be doing to make sure that the CDM Program is flexible and agile enough to keep pace?

I think that the more we are engaged--I introduced legislation that was passed--and I thank the committee--that dealt with zero-day events.

I think we have a lot on our plate.

We must remain vigilant in protecting the .gov, and do everything in our power to ensure the Federal Government has the resources needed to act quickly to protect itself.

Let me also say that I am a co-sponsor of Mr. Vela's H.R. 4940.

I also believe, if you would comment, $18 billion for a wall, I would like to do increase in compensation and retention.

First of all, let me be very clear: $18 billion for a fence that was told to us by the administration that it was going to be paid for by the Mexican people and the Mexican government.

I question a wall that we have no matrix, no established format to understand whether it will work or not.

I think it is important for this committee to have a full briefing on Russia.

We need to work with the Governor to help to expedite a number of projects.

We are grateful that we were able to send $89 billion or $90 billion that we have a large share of.

We know that Puerto Rico had warehouses where people were not there to process and so we know that learning from all of you we can be better prepared, and we can work together.

I have never heard a cry of politics. I have heard a cry for help.

They did a fantastic job. Thank you so very much--and the Coast Guard. They are our wings of angels.

We are still proceeding with appropriations. What do we need to do? How do we need to prepare our communities?

I think we should convene a meeting shortly for the 2018 hurricane season.

Denials have been done on typos and we have too many people in need.