irma: aquÍ estado durante 20 aÑos.ancia en la que si te fijas bien descubres la trampa. en vivo desde los Ángeles nos explica por quÉ se disfrazan. romi: muy buenos dÍas. y realmente es increÍble el nivel de creatividad que tiene muchas personas, especialmente cuando se habla de cometer un delito. el departamento de seguros del estado de california realizÓ una investigaciÓn que llevÓ al arresto de los cuatro individuos porque ellos presentaron una queja contra las compaÑÍas de seguro porque aseguran que su auto sufriÓ daÑos despuÉs de que un oso entrar al auto y bueno. lo dejara con daÑos. la compaÑÍa de seguros recibiÓ medio de cÁmara de seguridad como parte de esta investigaciÓn y al revisar el vÍdeo encontraron un poco sospechoso. fue ahÍ que le pusieron un reclamo con el estado de california detrÁs una investigaciÓn cero cuenta que ese reclamo no era real. al detener a los cuatro individuos en la casa de uno de ellos encontraron este disfraz de oso , estÁ la fotografÍa y es ahÍ cuando se los llevan detenido. vamos

it has been seven years since hurricanes irma and maria and yet puerto rico continues to suffer major power outage incidents with no clear end in sight. to that end, i am deeply disappointed that our witnesses from the biden/harris administration have declined to testify today. as you all can see, our first panel today has empty chairs as the administration witnesses refused to show up to address this incredibly important issue. we had hoped their testimony would help us better understand the federal government efforts in puerto rico and how the over $20 billion in obligated taxpayer dollars are being spent on the island. troublingly, the biden-harris administration has pushed an energy agenda on the island focused on building unreliable energy resources such as wind and solar, while ignoring the need for reliable and affordable baseload energy sources to meet the islands basic needs. the radical approach is not a feasible nor sustainable and disregards the basic leads of the island's more than 3 million residents. i am particularly disappointed in the lack of participation from fema

now note it's important to say that hurricane irma did impact the number.ear ago. but overall, housing is struggling to gain transaction. -- traction. the richmond fed manufacturing report came in at -14, against the consensus of -1 11 it's been mired in contraction since 20222. weal and political pundits have mostly underappreciated the persistently weak manufacturing data. there is no manufacturing boom outside of government spending. including the de facto bailout ott of intel. that is why despite hearing about higher prices, most americans, 522 -- 52% approve of tariffs on imported goods. when you looked at trump voters, it's all the way up to to 83%. charles? charles: great stuff, madison. thank you very, very much. i want to bring in heritage economist event j. antony. e.j. an tone knit. we get all this economic data, and nothing is leaping out. in fact, you could argue particularly when it comes to manufacturing, it's getting weaker and weaker. where do you see the current state of our economy? >> well, charles, you're absolutely right in terms of th

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going back to 2017, which became the costliest season on and included hurricanes maria, harvey and irma. administrator, fema administrators the national flood insurance program which is set to expire in a few weeks of this year. can you offer us your thoughts on how the financial position of this program is impacting your ability to support homeowners and businesses that are recovering from flood damage? >> the national flood insurance program is one of the only ways that a homeowner can get the necessary coverage to protect their investments. and the national flood insurance program has not had a multi-year authorization in many years. it has been from cr to cr. without a multi-year authorization, we will continue to struggle to meet the claims the individual homer has. we have offered up 13 measures -- i think it's 13 -- steps that we can take that will make the program financially solvent and make sure that everybody has access to this through an affordability framework as well, as we know not everybody can afford flood insurance, yet it's their number one tool and resource to help p

going back to 2017, which became the costliest season on and included hurricanes maria, harvey and irma. administrator, fema administrators the national flood insurance program which is set to expire in a few weeks of this year. can you offer us your thoughts on how the financial position of this program is impacting your ability to support homeowners and businesses that are recovering from flood damage? >> the national flood insurance program is one of the only ways that a homeowner can get the necessary coverage to protect their investments. and the national flood insurance program has not had a multi-year authorization in many years. it has been from cr to cr. without a multi-year authorization, we will continue to struggle to meet the claims the individual homer has. we have offered up 13 measures -- i think it's 13 -- steps that we can take that will make the program financially solvent and make sure that everybody has access to this through an affordability framework as well, as we know not everybody can afford flood insurance, yet it's their number one tool and resource to help p

we sought after hurricane katrina rita in 2005 and more recently in 2018 following harvey irma and maria. the communities in north carolina, south carolina, tennessee, georgia calling on the act. it can save lives and reduce the cost of rebuilding which is why u.s. dot prioritizes infrastructure created through the bipartisan infrastructure law. law. formula and discretionary funds dedicated to making our infrastructure more resilient. we are seeing the reality and real-time. it is not a fluke, it is not a coincidence. having what they need to rebuild roads and bridges to make them more resilient in the face of extreme weather and other disasters and help people return to normal life as quickly as possible. transportation infrastructure ranchers dealings with crop loss in families needing for lies. we hope these communities holdback more stronger and resilient for the future. >> thank you very much. administrator guzman. >> thank you so much. the distinguished members of the committee. the disaster loan program and what you need for additional funding. the disaster loans have been proven

and we sought after hurricanes katrina rita and more recently in 2018 following hurricanes harvey irma and now theha american people including communities in north carolina and south carolina virginia tennessee florida and georgia are counting on congress to act. as we gather today we know investing in resilient at the structure of front can save lives and reduce the cost of rebuilding that's why the bird to his resilient infrastructure in this discretionary grant through the protect program created to the bipartisan infrastructure law. we are deploying the first-ever 4 millionn discretionary funds dedicated to making art for structure more resilient. we are seeing the reality of climate change and real time. whether pence were previously deemed once a century are coming along every few years.re it's not a flukee and it is not the coincidence and most importantly it's not going to go away. wait adequate and sustained funding to make sure our communities have what they need to rebuild roads and bridges to make them more resilient in the face of extreme weather and other disasters and to