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Mark Hatfield: “I am not sure that we need to have a replay of the suffering and the tragedy that has beset so many people in these…”

On the recordMarch 13, 1996
I am not sure that we need to have a replay of the suffering and the tragedy that has beset so many people in these types of disasters, whether it is an earthquake or a hurricane or a flood or a fire. I think that is why the budget agreement of 1990 very precisely empowered the Congress of the United States to visit these problems on an ad hoc basis and make a judgment in accordance with the needs created by these disasters and why there is no formula for that, there is no basic criteria. That is within the prerogative and the discretion of the U.S. Congress. My colleague from Texas tried to compare this to a family disaster of Johnny breaking an arm, and what would they do? I will tell you what they would do. They would go down and get that arm fixed, and they would charge it on their credit card because they did not have the money, cash in hand.
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Mark Hatfield
Oregon
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the Gramm amendment related to emergency supplemental funding for disaster relief.

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