mr. mickey, please proceed. mr. mickey: chairman barletta, ranking member carson and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony on approaches for reducing the costs of natural disasters. my name is kevin mickey, director of professional development and geospatial education at indiana university which has the mission of linking academic and community expertise to create strong and resilient communities. i'm here today as the chairman of the multihazard mitigation council introducing a new and unique approach we have proposed for the incentivization of prove -- private property owners throughout the united states. the congress established the national institute of building sciences in 1974 to serve as an authoritative source for both public and private sectors to improve the built environment. to achieve its mission, the institute has established 18 councils that engage building industry experts in examining and developing tools, technologies and practices to meet identified needs.

mr. kevin mickey, from the great hoosier state. mr. mickey is director of the polis institute at indiana university, purdue university in indianapolis. he's also the new chair of the multihazard mitigation council at the national institute of building sciences. i look forward to my colleagues learning about the work being done in the great these your state, particular -- hoosier state to address rising disaster costs and losses, plus the latest report from the multihazard mitigation council. mr. mickey's national leadership and local work are terrific examples of what indianapolis is doing in the field of emergency management. i yield back, mr. chairman. >> thank you, ranking member, carson. we will have two panels of witnesses today. on our first panel, we have our fellow subcommittee member, representative cur bello who knows all too well the risks posed by natural disasters and the efforts that have proven successful in florida to incentivize mitigation measures and smart behaviors. congressman curbelo has been a leader in this area

mr. kevin mickey, from the great hoosier state. mr. mickey is the director of the poll lis institute at purdue university in indianapolis. he's also the new chair of the national institute of building sciences. i look forward to my colleagues learning about the work being done in the great hoosier state, particularly indianapolis, to address rising disaster costs and losses plus the latest report from the multihazard mitigation council. mr. mickey's national leadership and his local work are terrific examples of what indianapolis is doing in the field of emergency management. i yield back, mr. chairman. >> thank you, ranking member carson. we will have two panels of witnesses today. on our first panel, we have our fellow subcommittee member, carlos curbelo, from south florida. he knows all too well the risks posed by natural hazards, the rising costs of disasters and the efforts that have proven successful in florida to incentivize mitigation measures and smart behaviors. congressman curbelo has been a great advocate for his constituent

mr. mickey. he is the director of the institute at indiana university, purdue university in indianapolis. he's the new chair of the multihazard mitigation council of building sciences. i look forward to my colleagues learning about the work being done in the great hoosier state, particularly in indianapolis to address rising disaster costs and losses and the report from the multihazard counsel. his leadership and local work are terrific examples of what indianapolis is doing in the field of university management. i yield back. >> thank you, ranking member carson. we will have two panels. the first is carlos curbelo from florida. someone from south florida, he knows all too well the risks posed by natural hazards, the rising costs of disasters and the efforts proven successful in florida to incentivize. congressman curbelo has been a leader in this area and a advocate for constituents in florida. the second panel joined by joseph. the debty administrate eor of f working on ways to reduce the cost

mr. mickey mouse, ¿quÉ tal? >> quÉ bueno, voy a conocer a mickey mouse. dÍa de la madre, hermosa madres y abuelas! william: fue un momento muy emocionante, y gracias a "despierta amÉrica" que me permite hacer lo que quiero, lo que mÁs me gusta, y a una persona muy especial en mi vida, ella se quedÓ conmigo cuidÁndome en cuba cuando mi mamÁ se fue y fue la que luchÓ conmigo por cinco aÑos. alejandro: esto es amor, esos "despierta amÉrica", seÑoras y seÑores. bravo! quÉ viva en la amor, qué viva la familia! >> bueno, yo quiero decirle que yo no tuve desde los dos aÑos y desde que lo vi sentÍ mucha emociÓn, porque yo cuidaba dos niÑos mÁs, más que Él, pero él me atrajo mucho, desde chiquito, y yo no sabÍa lo que me esperaba, pero le doy gracias a dios, le puedo dar recuerdos a toda mi familia de cuba. muchos recuerdos a todos, a mis mis nietos, que nos amÓ tanto, william, israel y david, y a mi nieto jovi, y a todos los demÁs, a todos, william israel que Él sabe que lo adoramos mucho y le pusimos este nombre por Él, porque siempre estarÁ en nuestros corazone

mr. kevin mickey at the institute of building sciences i ask unanimous consent that this is records be includeddered. we have hope that the chief david paulse opposing the adminr would be able to join us but he had other commitments. i do have a statement for the administrator. i think him and the bills for their input on the topics and i would ask unanimous consent that the statement be included for the record without objection so ordered. for the witnesses since your testimony has been made a part of the record the committee would request you limit your testimony to five minutes. you may proceed. >> chair man, ranking member carson, members of the committee committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today. this is my first time testifying before congress and i'm glad to do it here at transportation subcommittee on economic development, especially to discuss the important topic of disaster mitigation. i'm honored to serve with all of you. i would like to take the opportunity to share some thoughts on controlling the rising cost of the federal government when responding to d

uh, if people want to see mickey mouse, they can go 175 miles down the road. and if they want to see bugsy siegel under a rock, they stay here. >> anthony: is there a mr is, he would probably be this guy. former mayor, oscar goodman. a man who knows, allegedly, and to the best of my knowledge, where all the bodies are buried. some of them, equally allegedly, by some of his former clients. we meet over drinks at oscar's, the steakhouse that bears his name, and boasts beef, booze, and broads. you had some colorful, uh, clients. who was nice, and who was less fun to have a -- >> oscar: well the truth of the matter is, all my clients were nice to me. because i kept them out of prison. >> anthony: did, uh, alleged mob guys know how to eat? >> oscar: my mother used to say, two things she said -- she's the greatest lady. she said, "oscar's clients don't hurt anybody, they just kill each other." >> anthony: right. >> oscar: and she also said, "oscar's clients take us to the best restaurants." >> anthony: they knew where to go. >> oscar: they knew where to go, yeah. and always treated right. i mean they were always treated like kings and queens. >> anthony: di