Unnamed Expert on Bridge Safety

In this email that is sent to you, the lawmaker lists the nine things that they're putting in the code, and he's asking you, let me know if I missed something. I mean, why is the lawmaker, who's the chairman of this committee, asking you what he's missing when he's changing the codes?

In this email that is sent to you, the lawmaker lists the nine things that they're putting in the code, and he's asking you, let me know if I missed something. I mean, why is the lawmaker, who's the chairman of this committee, asking you what he's missing when he's changing the codes?

Are you guys experts or are you advocates for an industry that wants to build in a way that makes them more money?

Are you guys experts or are you advocates for an industry that wants to build in a way that makes them more money?

Are you guys experts or are you advocates for an industry that wants to build in a way that makes them more money?

Millis said the group donates to lawmakers who, quote, understand the importance of safe, affordable and attainable housing for all. The North Carolina Home Builders Association, though, is just one state group. The National Association of Home Builders, based in Washington, D.C., spent almost $3.5 million last year alone lobbying Congress.

Millis said the group donates to lawmakers who, quote, understand the importance of safe, affordable and attainable housing for all. The North Carolina Home Builders Association, though, is just one state group. The National Association of Home Builders, based in Washington, D.C., spent almost $3.5 million last year alone lobbying Congress.

Millis said the group donates to lawmakers who, quote, understand the importance of safe, affordable and attainable housing for all. The North Carolina Home Builders Association, though, is just one state group. The National Association of Home Builders, based in Washington, D.C., spent almost $3.5 million last year alone lobbying Congress.

I wanted to understand what exactly the industry has been pushing for. And there was one more person I had heard about. He had been on the board of the National Association for 25 years. But he was hard to track down because he lives in the Colorado mountains and doesn't have a cell phone. Well, hello. Ron Jones built houses for 50 years.

I wanted to understand what exactly the industry has been pushing for. And there was one more person I had heard about. He had been on the board of the National Association for 25 years. But he was hard to track down because he lives in the Colorado mountains and doesn't have a cell phone. Well, hello. Ron Jones built houses for 50 years.

I wanted to understand what exactly the industry has been pushing for. And there was one more person I had heard about. He had been on the board of the National Association for 25 years. But he was hard to track down because he lives in the Colorado mountains and doesn't have a cell phone. Well, hello. Ron Jones built houses for 50 years.

He's known for building ambitious homes in difficult places, including one perched 80 feet down a cliff near Albuquerque. He says he joined the homebuilders because he loved what he did, and he hoped he could encourage his colleagues to build in a different way. I asked him what he thought about the homebuilders, saying they're just trying to keep homes affordable. What do you think of that?

He's known for building ambitious homes in difficult places, including one perched 80 feet down a cliff near Albuquerque. He says he joined the homebuilders because he loved what he did, and he hoped he could encourage his colleagues to build in a different way. I asked him what he thought about the homebuilders, saying they're just trying to keep homes affordable. What do you think of that?

He's known for building ambitious homes in difficult places, including one perched 80 feet down a cliff near Albuquerque. He says he joined the homebuilders because he loved what he did, and he hoped he could encourage his colleagues to build in a different way. I asked him what he thought about the homebuilders, saying they're just trying to keep homes affordable. What do you think of that?

Jones says three times a year he would sit in board meetings at fancy hotels around the country, listening to his colleagues reject rules that would make homes safer, last longer, or be better able to withstand the storm.

Jones says three times a year he would sit in board meetings at fancy hotels around the country, listening to his colleagues reject rules that would make homes safer, last longer, or be better able to withstand the storm.

Jones says three times a year he would sit in board meetings at fancy hotels around the country, listening to his colleagues reject rules that would make homes safer, last longer, or be better able to withstand the storm.

He says he and other board members would accompany the lobbying team to Capitol Hill, and they would tell lawmakers that elevating a home in a floodplain was unnecessary, that building codes did not need to be updated frequently. And remember those outdated FEMA flood maps that prevent the federal government from enforcing resilient building more widely?

He says he and other board members would accompany the lobbying team to Capitol Hill, and they would tell lawmakers that elevating a home in a floodplain was unnecessary, that building codes did not need to be updated frequently. And remember those outdated FEMA flood maps that prevent the federal government from enforcing resilient building more widely?

He says he and other board members would accompany the lobbying team to Capitol Hill, and they would tell lawmakers that elevating a home in a floodplain was unnecessary, that building codes did not need to be updated frequently. And remember those outdated FEMA flood maps that prevent the federal government from enforcing resilient building more widely?