Chair brown the committee will come to order. Thank you to the witnesses for joining us. This hearing is a continuation of our efforts to enact longterm reauthorization of the Flood Insurance program and fip programs. It has been extended 28 times since december 2017. The latest extension will expire march 8 of this year. We will disclose we will discuss local leader perspectivesolutions to the risks that flooding poses to committees across the country. Tion, housing, each of these is a priority for this committee. These leaders know all too well, flooding is the most costly Natural Disaster facing the country. It is devastating to communities in every state. That is one good reason that mayor patterson is here from my state. Landuse patterns play a role in whether people want to and whether people want to admit it or not, Climate Change is only making it worse. It is making extreme weather events more frequent, less predictable and more extreme across the country. This month, streams
Democracy. [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] good morning. Good morning. If we can get everybodys attention. Thank you. Good morning. This here it is that Senate Appropriations would please come to order we are here for a very important reason and the first is to thank all the young people who are here today for your commitment to coming in fighting for yourself and for many others. To talk about the special Diabetes Program and its critical work that supports Life Saving Research for millions of kids and people across our country and the world who are living with type one diabetes. And in particular we are here today to hear from kids living with type one diabetes about why this program matters. Ill before i started i want to welcome all of you to washington d. C. And to congress but i know many of you have traveled from all over the country to be here today. I want you to know th
Bay area coastline now search and rescue teams are looking for any signs of a missing swimmer. And fleet week officially starts today in San Francisco. Look at all the festivities headed our way. Live from jack london square. This morning, too. But not. Today is monday, october 2nd. Were looking live at San Francisco. Some clouds there today to transition day. Were going to have High Pressure moving in and were going to have hotter temperatures. I hope steve is listening because i ive learned everything ive known from steve. Were going to talk more about the weather coming up. Revenge travel might be coming to an end. A new report from morning consult, finds that intentions to travel have dropped globally. Revenge travel is a term used for traveling after not being able to during the covid pandemic. The report finds that while the us has not seen an influx or drop so far, experts say the number is expected to decline after say much of this is due to inflation. And the rising cost of tr
The house will resume proceedings on postponed questions at a later time. For what purpose does the gentleman from kansas seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, i move the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h. R. 3759 as amended. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 3759, a bill to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a family caregiving strategy, and for ther purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from kansas, mr. Estes, and the gentleman from connecticut, mr. Courtney, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from kansas. Mr. Estes mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h. R. 3759. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Estes mr. Speaker, i rise day in support of h. R. 3759, the recognize, assist, include, support, and engage Family Caregivers act o
Certainly not to keep people in the business of sex trafficking. That injustice is why we introduced our legislation. Its called stop enabling sex traffickers act or sesta. I introduced it with senators blumenthal, mccain, mccaskill, cornyn, heitkamp and others. Senators thune and nelson took this bill through the Commerce Committee late last year. By the way, we had a spirited debate in that committee and ended up coming out of the committee with a unanimous vote. Why . Because after hearing from the victims, after hearing from the experts on both sides, senators said, whoa, this doesnt make any sense, and its our responsibility as senators to change this law. It provides justice for victims of online sex trafficking because theyll have the opportunity to sue. Hold these websites accountable, that knowingly facilitate crimes. It also helps in terms of prosecutions because the state prosecutor is now the a. G. s, the local prosecutors at the state level will be able to have access now