roybal-allard. congress has provided more than $49.5 billion to the disaster relief and emergency supplemental funding to address requirements from last year's unprecedented disaster activity. can you give us an update on irma? maria and mr. long: you can't compare disasters. you are not looking to apples to apples. it's apples to oranges based on how they were impacted, we're their geographically low indicated, how well was the infrastructure before the storm as well as the liquidity issues in the budget and how they were managed. each one is dramatically different. as i said earlier, out of the $22 billion that we obligated up to that point -- and that number changes every day -- up to this point $11 billion has been placed towards puerto rico and roughly, i believe $5 billion has been put towards harvey and it's largely because of the types of damages that we see and the types of infrastructure that we're trying to fix. but these recoveries are ongoing. puerto rico, specifically, i am about to be

chairman and i appreciate you having this hearing and thank you ranking member roybal allard for holding the hearing and administrator long. you last testified before the subcommittee last november on the hurricane supplemental request. thank you for the hard work assisting the states and u.s. territories, many of which are still recovering months later. this morning we will hear your justification for the fy-'19 request. choosing to eliminate several programs and cut others with devastating implications particularly to new york. for example, your budget request would eliminate the national domestic preparedness con -- the emergency food and shelter program. providing to communities in crisis. your budget request will reduce the national pre-disaster mitigation fund by 61 million as we saw in the wake of super storm sandy, hurricane and harvey and maria responding to and recovering from a natural disaster costs more than investments and mitigation measures. in 2017 alone, there were 50 major disaster declarations, 20 which occurred after you were confirmed. we can all agree that communit

this will include several amounts, four amounts, including representative roybal-allard's clean dream act. an amendment h.r. 4796, the usaid act. please, speaker ryan, this will force a debate on this issue, the dreamers have the support of the american people and members of congress. bring the dream act to the floor. thank you, i yield back the balance of my time. . the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. without objection. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. today is tax day. typically, americans dread this day the deadline for filing federal income tax returns thanks to a complex and confusing tax code. fear not thanks to the tax cuts and jobs act, this is the last time americans will file under the old system. next year taxpayers will be able to keep more of their hard-earned dollars. approximately 2/3 households will see a lower income tax rate according to the recent analysis by the tax policy center. thanks to the tax cuts

roybal-allard. >> let me begin by saying and i agree with my colleague dr. harris that we should take into the account the lawful officials and respect the dangerous situations that they face every day. however, based on the rhetoric of this administration it seems not to appreciate the concerns that many state and local government and local law enforcement officials have regarding their more direct association with federal immigration enforcement efforts and how it undermines their safety and that of the public which becomes increasingly more fearful of reporting crimes and cooperating with criminal investigations. as you know, california has declared itself as a sanctuary state, and would i like to read the directive from the california department of justice and ask you to highlight where you see there are weaknesses in that -- that cause you then to go into the interior as i understand it from director holman, to go after criminals as a result of the state being a sanctuary state. the guidance states that california law enforcement agencies can notify i.c

bill supported by -- sponsored by ileana ros-lehtinen, a republican from florida, and lucille roybal-allard from california. bring that bill to the floor. there was a third bill, mr. speaker, sponsored by mr. hurd from texas, a republican, and mr. aguilar, a democrat from california. now, i believe has the support of over 218 members of this house. and i've asked the majority leader, we've asked the speaker, bring those three ills to the floor. bring those three bills to the floor, and let the house work its will. the speaker's leaving, but the speaker has on numerous occasions said, we will not duck the tough issues. that's a direct quote, mr. speaker. we will take them head-on. we should not hide our disagreements. we should embrace them. we have nothing to fear from honest disagreements honestly stated. bring those three bills to the floor. mr. speaker, i implore the majority leader, let the house work its will. face the tough issues. i yield to my friend. mr. mccarthy: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i listened intently to my friend, to give his explanation of why he vo