Eva M. Clayton: “I appreciate the support and the strong leadership that the chairmen, both of the committee and of the subcommittee…”

“I appreciate the support and the strong leadership that the chairmen, both of the committee and of the subcommittee, have given to maintain the crisis in which we found ourselves in Eastern North Carolina, and we find that the drainage in Princeville has been eliminated. I am very appreciative that they are willing to consider that and to maintain that position, because the House voted on that. In the colloquy we had with the gentleman from New Mexico (Mr. Skeen), he said he would work with us to maintain that at least the drainage that is so desperately needed in a town which was completely flooded would be provided. This was not new monies. These were just the ability to use monies already appropriated. So the emergency was not creating new drain on the Treasury, it was just giving the authorization for them to use the money that had been appropriated years in the past. So I want to express both my appreciation to everyone who understand that this is a crisis, and we should do the right thing by responding to it.”