mr. fugate was appointed by president obama to serve as the minister of the federal emergency management agency and was confirmed by the united states senate on may 13th, 2009. prior to coming to fema mr. mr. fugate served as director of the florida division of emergency management, a position he held for a year's. mr. fugate began his marriages to have emergency management career as a volunteer firefighter, emergency paramedics and finally as a lieutenant with the alaska county fire rescue . welcome, administrator. your entire written statement will appear in the record. we ask that you summarize your testimony. you are now being recognized and look into for the subcommittee. >> thank you, madam chair, members, ranking members, you have my written testimony. i want to go to leave as much time for questions. i want to take on the national prepared as grants. i think it is not our intention to divert them away from terrorism. it is not our intention to divert or set aside or exclude any group from that. if anything, it is following the constitution of the united states. and i -- i know tha

mr. fugate for being here today. i'm going to change the subject a little bit a topic that is on my mind and the mind of many communities around the nation's flood insurance relief. i know you were in front of the senate panel i believe last year and we were discussing affordability issues with biggert-waters 2012 and you called on congress to help you with that and we responded and we did in a bipartisan bicameral way. just this past friday the president signed into law the homeowner flooded insurance affordability act so the key word is affordability. we think we have given that to you. we all know biggert-waters had a lot of unintended consequences and our number one priority for many members of congress from the coastal areas is to make sure flood insurance remains available and affordable to the homeowners who need it. the law that was just recently signed by the president it was paid for. he keeps npgp on the path of solvency so let me move quickly. i know this law was signed this past friday but has fema began

mr. secretary, in the past, i asked if your predecessor about the disaster relief fund over the long term, and let me give a shout-out to craig fugate, really good guy, nonpolitical person who's done a really good job working with fema. the disaster relief fund, pretty important to those of us in the northeast, wherever there's been a major disaster. your fiscal year '15 budget includes $7.8 billion in the fema disaster relief fund including $2.9 billion for the cost of disasters that have already occurred such as hurricane sandy. based on the disaster relief fund annual report, which i have a copy of here, which was submitted friday, this is what the department needs to respond to disasters during the fiscal year '14 budget based on current spend plans and what we call the ten-year averages. your monthly report, which i have, states that you'll carry over $4.6 billion into fiscal year '14. is the requirement for $7 billion for fiscal year '15, is a requirement $7 billion for fiscal year '15, or is ithigher? in other words, there are two reports both submitted by your department that seem to be somewhat in conflict. can you provide