Rick Larsen: “the U.S. taxpayer, in my view, shouldn't be paying that not-for-profit, nongovernmental corporation to capitalize it.”

For the second year in a row, FEMA is currently operating in Immediate Needs Funding.

This hold slows recovery and hurts communities in their time of need.

Thank you, Chairman Webster, for calling this hearing on a topic of great importance: icebreaking capabilities.

So, Congress should approve the President's request for supplemental disaster assistance funding before the end of this Congress.