Jill N. Tokuda

“I rise today, like so many of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, to honor our friend Doug LaMalfa. He understood that the disaster after the disaster happens when families cannot recover and return to their hometowns because the funding and resources they receive just don't stretch far enough or, worse, are taxed and taken away from people who need absolutely every single dollar to be able to rebuild. On Saturday, I stood above Lahaina, and for a moment--the briefest of moments--in the darkness, the town almost looked normal.”