ms. bennett, do you have any observations on that, or maybe fema can follow up and give us a status on work in that area? director bennett: i will just mention that fema takes flood concerns post sandy very, very seriously, and we have created a task force that is focusing on revamping the way that the program is operating in making sure that it is customer focused on customer friendly. we have an ombudsman function now to help people better understand how they are participation -- how they can participate in a program and make sure that they have a place to provide feedback about the program. as to specific efforts to address participation rates, we will get back to you on that, sir. sen. vitter: ok. ok. let me start wrapping up. thank you all again, for your participation, for your ongoing work on this discussion. i want to highlight something i mentioned in my opening comments, which is some recent legislation that has been developed and worked on in this committee. i just mentioned s 1470, the rise after disaster act, again, i would love for you to look at the provisions, it is introduc

ms. bennett mentioned something very important. while we're there at a disaster recovery center and we're helping people work through their disaster loan applications, we're helping them retrieve information put their lives back together. because as mr. paulsen said the small business is the hub of the community, and what we've been focusing on more and more -- and we actually have two specialists in florida who work all throughout the gulf region. they're recovery specialists, but they're really resiliency specialists. and we work so hard to make sure that the clients all across the country are prepared to recover. because without that preparation preparation, you're just that many more steps behind. now, i'll just quickly sum up that the last thing we really appreciate section 102 of your bill, the additional awards to sbdc. we've found in sandy how helpful that additionally fund was because even still three years after, we're still doing recovery work. it's vital to us to be able to provide that long-term assistance in a recover

ms. bennett, do you have any observations on that? or maybe fema can follow up and gives a status in that area. >> i'll just answer, fema has taken the concerns of the flood insurance issues post sandy very seriously and we have established a task force that is focusing on revamping the way the program is operated in making sure its customer focused and customer friendly. we have an ombudsman function now to help people to better understand how their participation, how they can participate in the program and make sure they have a place to provide feedback about the program. as to the specific efforts to address suspicion rates, we will get back to you on that. >> okay. let me start wrapping up. thank you all again for your participation, for her ongoing work for this discussion. i want to highlight some imaging in my opening comments, which is some recent legislation we have developed and worked on in this committee. i just missed you and you mentioned s. 1470. i would love for you to continue to look at those provisions and respond a

ms. bennett's son. when are you going to get done? your mom's going to come home when you're done.aiting for road home? >> what are you doing? you can go in. not too far. sue: why are you tearing your ceiling down? why are you tearing it down? it didn't get wet, did it? >> yeah, the whole thing got wet. had blue tarp on it. the rain came in. sue: bad news. questioner: where are you living right now? >> on a trailer about four blocks away. questioner: is it in a trailer park? >> no, it's front of another house. i got my daughter staying in there. questioner: so you're coming back to the neighborhood? >> oh, yeah. after we have flood insurance i'll be back. but there's no flood insurance. a lot of people didn't have it. questioner: one year later, what's it like for you? >> glad to be back home, it took a while. the whole city was devastated. last time we visited the ninth ward was 40 years ago, i was here. you got the whole city. almost 200,000 people. you can't do nothing overnight. could be the other way. questioner: are a lot of people going to come back to this neighborhood? >>

ms. bennett, do you have any observations on not or maybe fema can follow up and give us a status some work in that area. >> fema has taken the concerns of the flood insurance post and he very seriously and we have established a task force that is focusing on revamping the way the program is operated and making sure this customer focused and customer friendly. we have an ombudsman function now to help people to better understand how their participation can participate in the program and make sure they have a place to provide feedback as to specific efforts to address participation rates we will get back to you on not. >> okay. let me start wrapping up. thank you again for your participation for your ongoing work for this discussion. i want to highlight something i mentioned in my opening comments and recent legislation we have developed and worked on this committee. i just mentioned the rise after disaster act. again i would love you to continue to look at those provisions and respond and react and pro-con anything in between suggestions. it is still moving through the process and most of t

ms. bennett's at sign -- son. your mom is coming home when you are done. are you waiting to go home?porter: what are you doing? >> painting. sue: why are you tearing the ceiling down? -- the wholent roof got wet. sue: bad news. robert: where are you living? >> a trailer about four blocks away. reporter: is it in a trailer park? >> no, another house my daughter is in. reporter: you are coming back? >> yes, i did not have flood insurance. a lot of people did not have insurance. robert: one year later, what is it like? >> glad to be back home. the whole city was devastated. have almost 200,000 people. you cannot do nothing overnight. it could be better. robert: are a lot of people coming back? >> they are working on a grant -- waiting on a grant. robert: which one? orleans.me by new bills -- up paying that eight my money up paying bills. before it was just the ninth --ard, now it is big. robert: you don't blame fema or the government. >> no, they did the best they could. this is big. it is not small. robert: how long have you been here? >> i am over there. about 70 years. i bought this

bennett, we have left with your being next. sen. bennet: thank you, madam chair. and thank you to the witnesses for being here. ms. bolger, thank you for your testimony. i wonder if you would touch on your mandatory referral laws and how we should think about that. ms. bolger: thank you for the question. are you speaking about mandatory referral laws to the police? sen. bennet: yes. ms. bolger: that is a wonderful question. i get asked all the time i campuses are dealing with this in the first place. i think that is an intuitive question but the reality on the ground is that survivors tell us again and again that were there reports forced to go to the police that they would report to no one at all. nine and 10 survivors told us that if the reports were turned to the police without their consent, they expect fewer victims to report. if we are serious about reducing violence on our campuses perhaps counterintuitively, the best thing to do is empower survivors with the right to decide who receives their reports. sen. bennet: you used such a great turn of phrase. reality on the ground. other other things we should be