Asa Hutchinson: “I express my gratitude and my appreciation to Senator Stevens for his willingness to accept into the managers' amendment…”

“I express my gratitude and my appreciation to Senator Stevens for his willingness to accept into the managers' amendment an amendment I had proposed that provides $24 million in emergency funding that is offset in the amendment but is essential for cleanup from devastating ice storms in the States of Arkansas and Oklahoma. For many, it was anything but a merry holiday season. On December 12, and again on December 26, Arkansas was hit by two major winter storms. The Arkansas Department of Emergency Services said: "These two storms combined created the most widespread and financially devastating disasters in our state's history." Life in most parts of Arkansas came to a halt as snow, sleet, and 2 to 4 inches of ice covered much of my State for weeks. The damage, the devastation that was done was unparalleled and unprecedented in Arkansas history.”