o to ms. esty. ms. esty: i had two points i wanted to raise and thank you for coming before us. nd there is when deadlines are up. in my district there are a number of organizations that have been looking to and working with my office to try to figure out whether it's appropriate to request a grant and didn't realize when the deadlines are. i would urge that more be dodge with every member of congress to get them out to our communities, nonprofits, counsel councils of government, counties because those of us on the committee have communities that were not aware of this. so i think we can do a better b and i'm telling you i have been on this committee and subcommittee for six years and had organizations and nonprofits . and they're early. if you look in line of the pretty early deadlines and people when other deadlines are and as early as they are, i think we can do a better job and give you a better feedback. the second was on coordination and some of the nontraditional uses. in my district, we have a dam in thomaston. the community is looking all over the northeast for greenway

we are going to go to the gentleman from connecticut, m ms. esty. >> i had two points i wanted to raise with you. again, thank you for appearing before us today. i understand that the corps is proud of efforts it's made to publicize when deadlines are, but i have to tell you in my district there are a number of organizations that have been working to and working with my office to try to figure out whether it's appropriate for -- to request a grant. they did not realize how early the deadlines are. i would respectfully urge that more be done, that efforts be done with every member of congress so we can help get them out to our communities, nonprofits, councils of government, counties because those of us on the committee even have communities that were not aware of this or entities within our communities. so as they are. i think we with do a better job. and i think that's in the court's interest and see how we can help on that. >>> the second was again on coordination and sort of some of the nontraditional uses. in my district we have a dam in thomas

ms. esty: i ask unanimous consent that all -- mr. estes: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. estes: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to begin tonight by offering thoughts and prayers to the communities in the path of hurricane florence. my home state of kansas is no stranger to natural disasters and we are standing with those who will be impacted in the coming days. mr. speaker, i want to talk about how we are all better off now. there's been a lot of talk lately about our country's economic recovery. some of the debate recently has centered around when it started versus how it started. but it really indicates one thing's clear. that after years of stagnation, high unemployment, low wage growth, today there's no denying that america's better off now than we were two years ago. tax reform and getting government out of the way has helped fuel this economic recovery. for eight long years we had an administration working agai