Political Quotes

“Mr. President, today I ask unanimous consent that a resolution passed by the senate of the State of Texas be printed into the Congressional Record. Senate Resolution No. 816 was adopted by the Texas Senate on May 24, 2019, by a vote of 31-0 and urges the U.S. Congress to consolidate disaster recovery housing funding for Hurricane Harvey. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Senate Resolution Whereas, Hurricane Harvey struck the Texas coast on August 25, 2017, causing an estimated $125 billion in damage; and Whereas, The second most destructive storm in American history, the hurricane impacted approximately 30 percent of the population of Texas, destroying homes, damaging infrastructure, and displacing thousands of families along the coast; and Whereas, The Federal Emergency Management Agency received nearly 800,000 applications from affected Texans for some form of assistance; as many as 83 percent of the people whose homes flooded did not have flood insurance, creating unprecedented demand for state and federal disaster recovery assistance; and Whereas, The FEMA application process is so duplicative and confusing, and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development regulations are so complex, that many survivors give up trying to navigate the system and, therefore, receive no assistance; and Whereas, Consolidating funding for recovery housing programs into a single Disaster Housing Response and Recovery Blo…”