mr. randy smith with full recommendation it is vacated by a resident of integrity 6 our office spent time logan for someone to represent the seniors and disabled people in our district. and i appreciate raymond both in the south of market when we had the redevelopment plan for many, many years we worked on our alley master plan much of the pedestrian safety improvements in the south of market area. along with pedestrian safety and other issues like the open space. and also happy to see anyone someone that has served on on and on our advisory committee it's great to have a qualified applicant it's a hard seat to fill we had an amazing representative for the district and the city and the disabled community i agree with mr. lebron it's different to have someone who is physically disabled to serve on the cac i 4r50bd look forward to acknowledge applicant we'll get to appoint someone to the cac. that's my request request we forward will raymond smith s with recommendation so there's a motion ohoh - okay. there's a motion and secondly, please take roll call >> on the recommendation to appoint m

mr. smith: mr. speaker, h.r. 1786, the national windstorm impact reduction act re-authorization of 2014, introduced by my texas colleague, congressman randy neugebauer, re-authorizes the activities of the national windstorm impact reduction program through 2015. this important program supports federal research and development efforts to help mitigate the loss of life and property due to wind-related hazards. millions of americans live in areas vulnerable to tornados, hurricanes and other windstorms. according to the latest report, in 2011 windstorms in the u.s. caused an estimated $11 billion in total direct property losses, injured nearly 7,000 people and took nearly 700 lives. in texas we are all too familiar with the harm that excessive wind can cause. according to the national oceanic and atmospheric administration storm prediction center, 179 tornados and 1,586 windstorms were reported in texas in just the last two years. the effects of these disasters can be felt for years. initially established in 2004, the national windstorm impact reduction program supports activities to improve our understanding of windstorms and their impacts a