It is the heart of gold that come from the people in this beautifully picturesque and again amazing place. Its a great honor to celebrate talkeetnas centennial today here in the United States senate. And with that, mr. President , i yield the floor. Gram mr. President . The presiding officer the mr. Graham mr. President . The presiding officer the senator South Carolina Program Program i wish i could go. I wish to see that before i die. In three minutes the final game of the championship round of the College World series takes place. Coastal carolina is playing the university of arizona. Coastal carolina is a very relatively small school in myrtle beach. Dustin johnson is a graduate. This Baseball Team is inspiring. Arizona and Coastal Carolina have had a great to games. Tonight is the rubber match, winner take all. I dont know whats going to happen, if Coastal Carolina falls short, youve won in every way you can win. It has been the most exciting world series i can remember. South car
In 1989 to 80 during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. In recent years, significant disaster aid was provided outside the fema Disaster Assistance programs. These charts show how aid programs outside fema have grown. In fact, for Hurricane Sandy, there was less fema assistance from the department of housing and urban development or the department of transportation. We found these additional disaster aid programs dont have the same requirements and restrictions as the fema assistance. Fema assistance is tied to actual disaster damage and is for individuals, governmental entities or certain nonprofits performing governmentlike functions. Fema only spends money on eligible items for eligible applicants, no matter how much money fema receives. Fema mitigation funds must be used on cost and official projects to ensure the federal investment is a wise one. Fema makes every effort to get money in the hands of applicants as fast as possible to enable rapid recovery from disaster impacts. From the sandy
The 114th congress, i stated that my top Emergency Management priority was pursuing life saving and cost reducing disaster legislation and launching a Public Policy debate about the costs of disasters in terms of both the loss of property and human life. We follow that hearing with several round tables to help us understand what disasters cost this country, who pays those costs and whether the problem is Getting Better or worse. Early last year, Ranking Member carson and i introduced the fema format to call for the First Comprehensive assessment of disaster cost and losses in over 20 years. We also wanted to reform several Disaster Assistance programs to make them more efficient. If february, the house passed the fema legislation and we hope the senate will take up hr1471 and pass it soon. The purpose of todays hearing is to discuss what we have learned so far and begin exploring potential solutions, particularly the principals that should be driving those solutions. While there are si
[ inaudible ] thank you for the opportunity to talk about the center and quite honestly the state im very proud of, the state of indiana. Weve been around since 1989. Weve got 27 years of successfully linking community and academic expertise. Our goals are to build capacity in a states agency. The volunteer associations, the citizens of the state of indiana and so forth. Weve done a lot of work in emergency management, but the reason weve been successful is not because uniquely of the resources in our center but because of the atmosphere that exists in the state of indiana. Case in point, within indiana weve had the privilege of working with the Indiana Department of Homeland Security to complete mitigation plans in close collaboration with the counties and cities and towns of the state of indiana. The approach we take is highly collaborative, so unlike many situations that we hear about where a plan is created and set aside on a shelf, if you would, which unfortunately i think does of
Were physical act of tackling. It cant be done. Tackling is tackling. The seahawks tackling defined it exactly as it is done. It should be done at the three levels of football where the game should be played. If boys cant tackle the way the technique was designed, they shouldnt be playing contact football. They should be playing flag until they are ready to play. Thank you, gentlemen. Congratulations to the classic 2016. Today is your day of celebration. Your choices will make all the difference to you, and to all of us. Dont be afraid to take on cases or new jobs, or new issues, that really stretches her boundaries. Abroad, inthe summer real ships i do than internships and the specter of living in your parents basement after this Graduation Day is not likely to be your greatest concern. Felt this month, watch commencement speeches to the class of 2016 in their entirety from colleges and universities around the country by Business Leaders, politicians, and white house officials on cspa