On the recordNovember 20, 2019
And still I rise. I rise today for a very special purpose. I rise because this House on Monday passed H.R. 3702, the Reforming Disaster Recovery Act of 2019. I rise today, because in thanking people on Tuesday, I neglected to thank one person who was extremely important in the passage of this legislation. The majority leader Mr. Hoyer not only worked to help us bring the legislation to the floor, Mr. Hoyer also improved the legislation. When it left our committee, it was a good bill. It had the unanimous consent of the committee. Some things bear repeating. One hundred percent of the people on the Financial Services Committee supported this legislation. Mr. Hoyer helped us by infusing it with some additional language that deals with resiliency that will help us to rebuild better and stronger after there has been a disaster. Madam Speaker, I thank Mr. Hoyer for his leadership. Especially he is thanked for making a good bill a much better bill. ____________________
