Has made a number of public comments. We held a hearing, many members, republican and democrat, were present on the question of fragile states. He is, i think, appropriately highlighting that the cost of restabilizing countries like libya, syria, iraq and continuing to hold together countries like nigeria and pakistan is going to be substantial. And we need to engage in a bipartisan and thoughtful way in advancing why it is in americas interests to prevent the collapse of even more larger and potentially dangerous states. Im really grateful for your presence. Thank you. Senator cardin for a closing comment. Thank you. I want to thank both of our witnesses for being here. I certainly agree with both of your statements about the United States must reassure our gulf state partners and israel of our commitment to their security. I do just make the observation, we all talk about being strong in regards to iranian activities that are not directly related to the jcpoa, and i agree with that c
In 1989 to 80 during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. In recent years, significant disaster aid was provided outside the fema Disaster Assistance programs. These charts show how aid programs outside fema have grown. In fact, for Hurricane Sandy, there was less fema assistance from the department of housing and urban development or the department of transportation. We found these additional disaster aid programs dont have the same requirements and restrictions as the fema assistance. Fema assistance is tied to actual disaster damage and is for individuals, governmental entities or certain nonprofits performing governmentlike functions. Fema only spends money on eligible items for eligible applicants, no matter how much money fema receives. Fema mitigation funds must be used on cost and official projects to ensure the federal investment is a wise one. Fema makes every effort to get money in the hands of applicants as fast as possible to enable rapid recovery from disaster impacts. From the sandy
The 114th congress, i stated that my top Emergency Management priority was pursuing life saving and cost reducing disaster legislation and launching a Public Policy debate about the costs of disasters in terms of both the loss of property and human life. We follow that hearing with several round tables to help us understand what disasters cost this country, who pays those costs and whether the problem is Getting Better or worse. Early last year, Ranking Member carson and i introduced the fema format to call for the First Comprehensive assessment of disaster cost and losses in over 20 years. We also wanted to reform several Disaster Assistance programs to make them more efficient. If february, the house passed the fema legislation and we hope the senate will take up hr1471 and pass it soon. The purpose of todays hearing is to discuss what we have learned so far and begin exploring potential solutions, particularly the principals that should be driving those solutions. While there are si
San francisco county transportation authority, mr. Clerk, will you please call the roll . Commissioner avalos . Absent. Breed. Present. Campos. Absent. Christensen. Present. Cohen e present. Commissioner farrell. Absent. Kim. Present. Commissioner mar. Here. Tang . Present. And president lee. Present. Yee . Present. Commissioner avalos . Present. We have a quorum. Thank you and i want to thank sfgtv for broadcasting todays hearing. And mr. Clerk, please call item number 2. Approve the minutes of the february 24, 2015, meeting this is an action item. Okay, our colleagues, are there any changes to the minutes . Can i have a motion or actually could i just call the roll in a number two . On item two. Avalos. Aye. My apologies. Is there any Public Comment on item number two . Seeing number, Public Comment is closed please call the roll. Item two, commissioner avalos . Aye. Commissioner breed . Aye. Commissioner campos . Absent. Christensen . Aye. Cohen. Aye. Commissioner farrell. Absent. C
Comment is closed please call the roll. Item two, commissioner avalos . Aye. Commissioner breed . Aye. Commissioner campos . Absent. Christensen . Aye. Cohen. Aye. Commissioner farrell. Absent. Commissioner kim. Aye. Commissioner mar. Aye. Taning. Aye. Commissioner weiner. Aye. Commissioner yee aye. The item passes. Okay, mr. Clerk, could you call item number 3 . Item number 3, the chairs report and this is an information item. Colleagues last week, i had the pleasure of going to washington, d. C. As part of a regional delegation with the metropolitan Transportation Commission and a number of bay area, transit operators, including mta, bart, and cal train and i believe at transit as well. And we had the opportunity to meet with a number of members of congress both in the house and in the senate with the senior staff as well as the representatives of the fta, and to talk about the critical importance of the federal government funding transportation projects and to really make real for f