Leonard L. Boswell: “I want to say, at the onset, that this, again, is perhaps considered the final amendment to the bill, will not kill the…”

“I want to say, at the onset, that this, again, is perhaps considered the final amendment to the bill, will not kill the bill. If we pass it, it will send it back to committee. If not, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as amended. What this amendment will do is provide $31 million in increased resources for disaster flood protections, as well as $1 million in targeted resources towards nonmilitary energy cooperation assistance with our closest ally in the Middle East, and one of the closest allies across the globe that we have, Israel. I've noticed, and I've said before, and I think I'll say it again, for more than a year I've waited patiently for the majority to stop the slash-and-burn legislation and revitalize the Nation and empower employers to create jobs. Well, we're still waiting on those millionaire job creators to show us the jobs, and we're still waiting for the majority to pass an actual jobs bill. But while we sit here and wait, Mother Nature does not. In fact, Mother Nature waits for no one. Mother Nature did not wait for the majority to pass a bill to send massive amounts of snow and rain to parts of Montana, triggering the Missouri River flood of 2011, leaving homes, businesses, farms, and towns devastated. Mother Nature did not wait for the majority to pass the jobs bill to send Hurricane Irene barreling across the Eastern Seaboard, causing billions of dollars in damage.…”