Reps. Craig, Davis Introduce Bipartisan Disaster Prevention Bill
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- Bill creates
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Today,
Currently, only one
The 2019 January-May period was the wettest on record for the
"As the impact of climate change gets closer and closer to home, we need to make sure our communities have the resources they need to be resilient in the face of increasing natural disasters," said
"Helping communities prepare for disasters on the front end should be one of the most basic functions of the federal government," said
"When the Mayors of the
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The bill is supported by the
"The amount and severity of natural disasters will continue to rise because of climate change, and our communities need support to adapt and build resilient infrastructure," said Rep.
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"The damage caused by flooding year after year takes a toll on western
"Communities need options that will help empower them to minimize the risk of emergency disasters such as floods, tornadoes and severe weather," said Rep.
"The powerful aspect of a revolving loan fund approach is that it motivates diverse partnerships. A city needs committed partners and stakeholders engaged in order to make a resilience loan project work. This is not a grant - the RRF will require that we present efforts with a strong economic case for restoring our natural infrastructure and we can do that. Plus, the RRF is a tremendous example of different levels of government working together for real results," said Mayor
"My home flooded as a result of the 1,000-year rain event of 2016. It took me nearly a year and a half to return. Clearly, I am personally committed to finding solutions to the increasingly frequent and intense disasters we are sustaining. The Resilience Revolving Loan can be a transformative option for us Mayors to realize preparedness at a level that would be otherwise unobtainable or far out into the future. The good news is that an RRF can assist all the economies that operate in my city including the port of
"The Delta has been flood-fighting non-stop now for nearly nine months. If we are going to preserve and enhance our economy, we will need to achieve real resilience. Some of the most vulnerable communities to climate risk are in the south. Alleviating vulnerability means no longer approaching solutions just inside our backyard, but at regional and corridor scale. That's exactly what we're doing here today by moving the
"2019 has been a record year for us in
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Held a flood briefing with state and local leaders in Hastings to talk about how federal, state, and local governments can work together to prevent flood damage in the district
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