Political Quotes

“I believe it will be accepted by both the floor manager and the ranking minority member. Very briefly, this amendment is designed to establish a rapid response service where you have national disasters or national needs that would go beyond the capacity of States to respond to them. Our distinguished colleague from Louisiana talked about some of those when he mentioned base closures. Often, States cannot anticipate those results. All of a sudden States find themselves in the situation where a significant number of people lose their jobs--in the case of base closures because the Federal Government has made a decision affecting the economy of the local area. There are also, of course, other situations where you have natural disasters. I think all of us at one time or another have certainly seen our States afflicted by unanticipated events with weather or climatic conditions. Again, we can find people who, through no fault of their own and no fault of the business, are displaced. This amendment allows for some additional funds to respond to people who find themselves out of work under those circumstances.”