The speaker is doing a beautiful job in a really tough situation

I would hope in this kind of hearing, we would hear a plan for how these disaster-prone areas are going to get higher priority for the grant programs that exist.

An Agency that exists to assist in disasters isn't assisting the areas that have the most disasters.

At-risk areas are not getting the grants they need, but Washington, DC, the seat of all bureaucracy, is getting grants.

Flood insurance rates are prohibitively expensive and Congress isn't privy to the methodologies that are used to determine those rates.

Our bureaucracy is broken, and I am really grateful that you are all here to be part of this because it matters.

In the early 2000s, Washington County stepped up to be the poster child for cooperation when it comes to public lands management and access.

Our bureaucracy is broken. I mean, if you have been sitting here listening to this, it is very clear that we have public servants who want to do things that are in the interest of the people who live here.

I had sponsored a bill that has made its way through the Natural Resources Committee, it would get to the House Floor, to repeal that rule.

The taxpayers deserve to know how these funds are being spent, and so, I appreciate what you are doing.

I share the concerns that have already been expressed about mission creep and focus on non-Stafford Act disasters.