in his first four years as a member of the burrough counsel there and since 2010 as mayor. in addition to this honor, mayor mohmort received the governor's award for excellence and previously served as president of the pennsylvania state association of burroughs. the mayor is known as the singing mayor as he's frequently called upon to lend his talented voice in singing the national anthem in events, something i've certainly always enjoyed. i want to congratulate mayor mohmort for being named mayor of the year and thank him for his work in continue dogma elizabeth town burrough an exceptional place to live, work, and raise a family. thank but, madam speaker, i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from kansas, mr. estes, for five minutes. mr. estes: thank you, madam speaker. i'd like to honor father amos kapan who he is referred to in kansas. he grew up on a farm in canizares and ordained as a pryce for the wichita subsidize he's in 1940 and went on to become a army chaplain and in the korean war as captain. he died in a prison camp

mostly westchester, rocklin, the burroughs, long island. we need real numbers to submit to the federal government to meet the threshold of $30 million. that will be -- that will not be a problem, we are well in excess of that. that was starting help on the ground. i've deployed our department of financial services, what do they have to do with this? that is the insurance, my friends. i want them on the ground, they are at the library, they will be open till 5:00 today, go over there, have an assessment -- your best estimate of the damage that has occurred, your property laws. they will help you fill out the paperwork and understand what you need to do. we are going to be hands-on, this is a frightening experience. homeowners were going about their lives two days ago, now figuring out how to get on with their lives. all of agencies have been deployed to help. i think that is all i had in terms of where we are right now. someone called this a 500 year event, i do not buy it. i was up on lake ontario in 2017, we had what was up 100 year event.

our burrough president, great congressman who i work with on these issues, greg meeks, miller and everyonehere. it's my honor to call on mayor deblasio. >> thank you, senator. senator schumer is right. we are in a whole new world now. let's be blunt about it. we saw a horrifying storm last night, unlike anything we've seen before. this is a reality we have to face. unfortunately, the price paid by some new yorkers was horrible and tragic. we have now lost nine new yorkers to this storm. nine people who were alive at this exact moment yesterday. no idea that such a horrible fate could befall them. families in mourning right now. we need to be there for them and for all the new yorkers who are dealing with the results of this horrifying storm. i want to thank senator schumer. we spoke earlier today. i know he will get us the maximum federal aid. our homeowners need it. our business owners need it. people are going through hell right now. they need help. i thank president biden and senator schumer for being willing immediately to help. governor hochul, we spoke repeatedly last night, this mor

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as the mayor of the north slope burrough and leader, harry broweruo so eloquently wrote in the "wall street journal" recently, we treasure and protect our land and wildlife, the resources that executives environmental groups in cities thousands off miles away from alaska claim to care about. the way we see it, caring about the land and wildlife should also mean caring about the indigenous people who live in these rycommunities.an i'm sure mr. rexford would agree and i appreciate look forward tt his testimony. thank you again for holding thie hearing. >> thank you. now wend get to hear from the witnesses themselves. we'll turn first to laura pulido. >> we can hear you and we can see you. welcome. >> chairir merkley, ranking memr and members of the committee. good morning. thank you for the opportunity t' testify today on environmental justice. i'm delighted that the environment and public worksme subcommittee on chemical safety and environmental justice and regulatory oversight is being reconfigured toer include this urgent topic.c. i'm aus professor at the university of oregon and i'

biden will also make us stop in queens today, one of the harder hit burroughs, $50 million in damage. the governor there is also tapping into federal resources. 13 people in manhattan died, many of them in lower level apartment buildings. here in this town alone, police had to make 1,000 rescues. across the state, 27 people died. most of them swept away, drowning in their cars. john. >> john: it's going to take a long time for people to recover. you are saying on our daily conference call that a lot of folks in your neighborhood has been hit hard. >> sandra: all around. these areas outside the city here. in some cases, areas you would never expect to deal with this. your heart just goes out to homeowners like that one. it is just a brutal, brutal reality. cleanup is underway, john. >> john: wind damage, flooding damage, particularly horrible. >> sandra: brutal. >> john: they've got a long road to recovery, and we wish them the best. >> sandra: a lot of neighbors trying to help neighbors right now. these communities coming together. another twist in a south carolina murder mystery. a w