the buddha job, dan criswell and isabel guzman are among the witnesses.ators john ostroff and tom tillis spoke in front of the committee to share how their home states have been impacted by the recent storms. this is just over three hours. e am in a divided by hundreds of >> opgood morning. this committ will come to order. today we are holding a hearing to discuss urgent federal funding needs for communities harmed by the recent natural disasters. this is the first hearing since we had the election. it is clear some things will look different next year. one thing that will not change is my commitment to working with senator collins to do the important work of this committee in a bipartisan manner despite any distractions thrown our way. there is too much at stake for families back home for any of us to throw up our hands. we have to wrap up our fy 25 bills and our effort to work to complete that process as quickly as possible in a manner consistent with bipartisan bills which we have all put so much effort into. back to the subject at hand. we hope will h