Bill Nelson: “Perhaps the distinguished Senator from Mississippi--by the way, the third hurricane has a track that keeps getting…”

“Perhaps the distinguished Senator from Mississippi--by the way, the third hurricane has a track that keeps getting closer and closer to the Mississippi gulf coast. But as the distinguished Senator, the chairman of the committee, and I have been talking about the emergency supplemental appropriations for hurricane damage, I have been provided with a copy of what will be the President's request for the new supplemental. I note that it does include a lot of the agencies of Government about which this Senator has spoken that have desperate needs as a result of two hurricanes hitting back to back in Florida. I noticed there is nothing in here for the agricultural losses, including crop losses as well as equipment losses, of which the Florida commissioner of agriculture has written to the White House, to OMB, and said those losses are $2 billion. What would the advice of the chairman of the committee to this Florida Senator be of how we want to address that, since the President is not requesting in his new supplemental any money for agricultural losses?”