mr. holloway and then shaun donovan of as is obvious, it's not news.homeowners are complaining they're not getting the money quickly enough. there are all kinds of reasons for that. as i said, i think the second year they're going to be much, much happier with the moneys in the pipeline and flowing. the spigot is open. but what, in your opinion, mr. holloway-- and i'm sure this would be true for your colleagues in long island and westchester as well -- is the biggest red tape problem getting in the way of aid to homeowners and projects at the federal level? >> i'll start by saying that there's been a lot of red tape that previously had existed that's been cleared up. so that has been tremendous. i think that it is a challenge, since cdbg is essentially the backstop, it is a challenge to get to the backstop. >> right. >> now, that is not to say that that is necessarily hud's issue, but getting verification from insurance companies, getting everybody's financial conditions in order is very challenging to do. so if i had to say what would relieve that iss

mr. holloway overseas number of offices including the police fire department and office of risk management. i was going to see mayor michael bloomberg and i'm not sure what it is today but we are glad you are here and we appreciated especially from a local perspective. >> thank you very much mr. chairman and just for clarification the inauguration is january 1 so i still have my job for the next 75 days and so does the mayor. >> okay very good. >> good afternoon mr. chairman and senators thank you for being here. thanks for the up her tendency to testify about the effectiveness of the federal aid for recovery from hurricane sandy. i want to begin by thanking on behalf of mayor limburg and all new yorkers for answering new york's call and from president obama and members of his cabinet including secretary donovan who is here today to entire agencies of the federal government particularly fema hud and army corps of engineers to assets including generators fueled food and many others to the billions of dollars in recovery aid congress made available through the disaster relief appropriations

mr. holloway oversees offices including the police department, fire department, office of emergency management. mayor michael say bloomberg, but you had an legislation last night. i'm not sure what it is today. glad you're here. we appreciat it, especially from a local perspective. so, please. you very much, mr. chairman. just for clarification, the january 1.n is so i still have my job for the next 55 days. [laughter] does the mayor. >> very good. good afternoon, march and senators. -- mr. chairman and senators. thanks for the opportunity to testify about the role and toectiveness of federal aid new york city's recovery from hurricane sandy. i want to begin by thanking you behalf of mayor bloomberg and all new yorkers for answering new york city's call after the unprecedented devastation caused by hurricane sant sandy. from president obama and members includinginet, secretary donovan who's here today to entire agencies of the particularlynment, fema, hud, and the army corps of engineers, to assets including generators, fuel, food, and many others to the billions of dollars in recovery aid tha

mr. guthrie: a small business insurance plan will be canceled. here's a letter. dear, james holloway ii, you will be moving to the affordable care act compliant plan. the plan i have was not john plan. i like my plan. but unfortunately won't be able to keep that plan. another received a cancellation notice of her plan after calling her insurance agent, she learned that a similar plan to what she and her husband had was available at a cost of $490 more a month. vince birda said being forced to go on the exchange, his family's insurance will jump from $375 to $849 montreal. he asked a -- to $849 a month. the fact that president obama repeatedly told the americans, if you like your plan you can keep it, i've heard over and over from kentuckyians that's not the case. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> thank you mr. speaker. i'd like to share two storie