[background noises] the committee will come to order. Take two. Thank you for being here today. I will not recognize myself for five minutes for the purposes os questioning the witness. Flood insurance is an issue is an important impact on my district in indiana. Arwhile we are firmly in americs heartland and have no risk of flooding froms, hurricanes, much of indianas ninth district sits along the ohio river running from aurora and Dearborn County anto walk new albany and along e river in harrison county. Indianas ninth district is also home to many creeks, ponds, lakes each of which can have a flooding impact on property, businesses and homes during times of heavy rainfall. Causing Property Damage and sometimes death. Just last september i was on the ground with the Indiana Department of Homeland Security for flooding that occurred in switzerland, jefferson in ohio counties in my district. Several years ago i worked for u. S. Senator dan coats and worked with stakeholders during the
Crowd stand up, fight back. Stand up, fight back. [cheers and applause] stop the wall. Crowd stand up, fight back. Stand up, fight back. Stand up, fight back. [indiscernible conversation] [cheers and applause] [indiscernible conversation] [crowd chanting] stop the wall. Stop the wall. Ms. Pelosi good evening, everyone. Thank you very much for coming out is the sound working . Good . The sound working . No. I dont think they can hear anything. Pelosi i can hear you, can you hear us . Is the sound working . I dont think it is. Pelosi good evening, everyone. Im proud to stand with the members of the House Democratic caucus, soon to be joined by the Senate Democrats as well. Its not on . Is somebody going to deal with this . Look at that move in. Ms. Pelosi look at that moon. A new moon. Can you hear now . Much different. Good evening, everyone, im very proud to stand here with the members of the House Democratic caucus, soon to be joined by the Senate Democrats as well. Sharing views in a
Crowd stand up, fight back. Stand up, fight back. [cheers and applause] stop the wall. Crowd stand up, fight back. Stand up, fight back. Stand up, fight back. [indiscernible conversation] [cheers and applause] [indiscernible conversation] [crowd chanting] stop the wall. Stop the wall. Ms. Pelosi good evening, everyone. Thank you very much for coming out is the sound working . Good . The sound working . No. I dont think they can hear anything. Pelosi i can hear you, can you hear us . Is the sound working . I dont think it is. Pelosi good evening, everyone. Im proud to stand with the members of the House Democratic caucus, soon to be joined by the Senate Democrats as well. Its not on . Is somebody going to deal with this . Look at that move in. Ms. Pelosi look at that moon. A new moon. Can you hear now . Much different. Good evening, everyone, im very proud to stand here with the members of the House Democratic caucus, soon to be joined by the Senate Democrats as well. Sharing views in a
Crowd stand up, fight back. Stand up, fight back. [cheers and applause] stop the wall. Crowd stand up, fight back. Stand up, fight back. Stand up, fight back. [indiscernible conversation] [cheers and applause] [indiscernible conversation] [crowd chanting] stop the wall. Stop the wall. Ms. Pelosi good evening, everyone. Thank you very much for coming out is the sound working . Good . The sound working . No. I dont think they can hear anything. Pelosi i can hear you, can you hear us . Is the sound working . I dont think it is. Pelosi good evening, everyone. Im proud to stand with the members of the House Democratic caucus, soon to be joined by the Senate Democrats as well. Its not on . Is somebody going to deal with this . Look at that move in. Ms. Pelosi look at that moon. A new moon. Can you hear now . Much different. Good evening, everyone, im very proud to stand here with the members of the House Democratic caucus, soon to be joined by the Senate Democrats as well. Sharing views in a
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