Frank Lautenberg actually said...

The debt-limit deal that was struck in August gave the Congress the authority to respond quickly to natural disasters by not requiring disaster relief funding to be offset, which leads to drawn-out debates over which programs to sacrifice.

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Lautenberg discusses the impact of the debt-limit deal on disaster relief funding.

10/11/2011

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