Chuck Schumer: “This amendment is one which I believe would be supported by George Bush because it restores the amount of funding for…”

“This amendment is one which I believe would be supported by George Bush because it restores the amount of funding for FEMA by $300 million. That is what the President requested. We have had unprecedented disasters in the Northeast and in so many other places in other parts of the country as well. We have had disaster after disaster in this country. FEMA should not be underfunded. We should not have the people who have been wiped out by floods and drought and hurricanes sitting on tenterhooks in the hopes that maybe we will pass a supplemental 6 or 8 months from now. This simply restores the President's request for FEMA. It would hardly be a profligate request. So I ask my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, particularly those from the Northeast, to support this amendment.”