administrator craig fugate you may proceed. >> thank you. and my written statements i talked about some of the things we have been working on since the sandy recovery improvement act passed. passed. i have to say, you helped us address many issues. i have to recognize the fact that he gave us the authority to recognize the tribal government as an entity that can deal directly with the president something they had sought for a long time. you have you have also given us tools that we identified through pilots and lessons learned and in making sure that as we begin the process we are able to speed up identifying large projects, obligating monies, and allowing more discretion. that was an important tool that we began using as far back as some damage from hurricane irene and it has given us flexibility the states and local governments have asked for in building back to the future. the trends and disasters are not surprising to me. we have an aging infrastructure, a concentration of populations and hind to have highly vulnerable areas. when they d

craig fugate, the nation's capitol barely escaped sandy. we were grateful just like we escaped the snowfall this time but we no from all the scientists that we are headed for major disasters. they tell us that there is no longer debate about whether there is climate change but about how to manage climate change. i am interested in issues and will be talking to the next panel about a predisaster mitigation. trying to do some predisaster mitigation. fema has been helpful in what we have been trying to do with the so-called 70th street levee. without that the washington washington monument and indeed the entire monumental core would be exposed to horrific flooding rebuilding downtown washington and the monumental core. the steps of been taken. i certainly hope since those steps were taken and that levee was done before the final word was in on climate change i will be interested in your view as to whether or not you think that could forestall a seriously sandy like storm but but i am also because it has taken so long interested in the drawing

. >>> fema director craig fugate was on capitol hill to testify on discover recovery on emergency management. he called for predisaster mitigations and buildings lacking insurance as reasons for the increasing costs after natural disasters like hurricane katrina or sandy. this is about two hours and 15 minutes. >> the committee will come to order. i'd like to thank the chairman for the opportunity to serve as the chairman of the subcommittee. ranking member carson, welcome back. i look forward to building on our bipartisan record of establishments. let me welcome the new and returning members of the subcommittee to our first hearing. last congress we saved $2.2 billion on gsa projects and passed the sandy recovery improvement act. these were major accomplishments and i thank everyone who was involved in them. this congress, my two top priorities are going to be public buildings reform and disaster legislation. i think we can exceed the savings and we have some important reforms to tackle in the emergency management world. i hope that we can have disaster legislation, and a reform bill ready

. >> now, fema director craig fugate testifies on disaster recovery before the house transportation committee. he talks about cutting gas from natural disasters through preparing aging infrastructure and buildings. later, we will hear from a panel featuring fema and emergency officials. this is two hours and 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> the committee will come to order. i'd like to thank chairman shuster for the opportunity to serve again as chairman of the subcommittee. ranking member, welcome back. i look forward to building on our bipartisan record of accomplishments from last congress. that may welcome the new and returning members of the subcommittee to our first hearing. last congress resaved $2.2 billion on gsa projects and passed the sandy recovery improvement act. these were major accomplishments and i think everyone who was involved in nine. this congress, my two top priorities are going to be public elevates reform and disaster legislation. i think we can exceed the gsa savings from last congress and we have some important reforms to tackle in the emergent management wo

. >> tonight craig few fugate on the rising cost of disasters. and later house financial services committee hearing on making mortgages available to more first-time home buyers. >> federal management agency director craig fugate talked about costs of disasters. his recommendations for reducing the costs future disasters including require insurance for large structures and improvements to building codes. this house transportation subcommittee hearing is two hours and 15 minutes. >> committee comes to order. i'd like to thank chairman for the opportunity to serve as chairman of the subcommittee, ranking member welcome back. i look forward to building on our bipartisan record of accomplishments from last congress. let me welcome the new and returning anybodies members. last year we saved $2.2 million on gsa projects and passed the sandy recovery improvement act. these were major accomplishments and i thank everyone who is involved in them. this congress my two top priorities, are going to be public buildings reform and disaster legislation. i think