Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I rise today to demand a vote on disaster supplemental funding. Next Wednesday will be the 6-month anniversary of Hurricane Michael and 6 months with absolutely no supplemental disaster funding, no serious action on the part of Congress to help the victims of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, the Carolinas, and even the California wildfires. Every time I am in Florida, I discover new destruction. That debris has become firewood and is leading to massive wildfires. One just took out 700 acres. That debris is also clogging our stormwater system, and flooding will be our next disaster. One of the strongest hurricanes in the history of the United States ravaged Florida and left a path of destruction across the South, and yet, here we are with only 3 legislative days before Easter and no relief in sight. The Senate again failed to pass a disaster bill this week, and the House appears to have given up. This is shameful. The lack of action is a disgrace to the American people. Madam Speaker, American citizens are hurting. We must pass a disaster relief bill and do it now. ____________________”