WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today in the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, U.S. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) questioned Roy E. Wright, the Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance and Mitigation at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, on why bad actors such as U.S. Forensic and attorney Gerald Nielsen continue to receive flood recovery dollars from the government. (Via Sen. John Kennedy)

Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) sent a letter to the new Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator William B. Long, raising concerns over the agency’s lack of action in resolving flood insurance claims from Superstorm Sandy. He asked that the agency take swift action on behalf of those who have suffered from documented, widespread fraud perpetrated by private insurance companies in the aftermath of the storm. (Via Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr)

U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today called on Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to ensure that all impacted Superstorm Sandy flood victims are included in the ongoing settlement regarding fraudulent engineering reports… (Via LongIsland.com)

Hundreds of Superstorm Sandy victims have a chilling message for those digging out of their flooded homes in Texas, Louisiana and Florida: the hurricane was just the beginning of your misery. “My suggestion to anybody that was flooded (or) will be flooded, put on your big girl pants because it’s going to be a long bumpy ride,” said Diane Mazzacca of Beach Haven West, N.J., who’s still waiting for full reimbursement for the damage to her 1,400-square-foot house nearly five years after Sandy. (Via USA Today)

Carrie Berry, of Keansburg, was denied a flood insurance claim because the foundational damage that was revealed after Sandy was caused — in her insurer’s opinion — by her home settling and not by the floodwaters. An unrelated civil case in New York revealed engineering reports, which were paid for by an insurance company, were changed without basis, resulting in a claim denial to a Sandy-impact homeowner. (Via APP)