Political Quotes

“in Maine we have had floods and disasters, and this Government has responded very appropriately and very expeditiously. At a time now where the Dakotas and Minnesotas have been in disaster and declared disasters, Congress has been struggling in order to get adequate relief to the people left homeless and the thousands of people left without answers. The very basic function of our Government is to be there for people in these very dark hours. I think it is totally irresponsible on the part of this Congress to have recessed while this job was not done. Paving roads on public lands, automatic continuing resolutions, and samplings of census and other extraneous material should not be added to this emergency appropriation. There are thousands of people who are left homeless. There are many thousands of individuals and businesses that are looking for answers. Our Government should be there at this time, and we should not clutter it with unnecessary, unrelated extraneous materials. What we need is a clean supplemental appropriation measure and we need to pass it as soon as possible.”