John Murtha said "Yes, I think it would be certainly devastating to Pennsylvania, Mr. Chairman, because the money has already been obligated; I think any other State, also, and there are a whole list of States that would lose money. I sympathize with what the gentleman is trying to do. I went through a flood in 1977, which had a devastating impact. FEMA was absolutely essential to our recovery. We spent $350 million in Federal money trying to help the area, so we are going to help him at some point. But we cannot afford to take money out of these programs, the highway program in particular, in order to restore the FEMA money." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJune 20, 2001

Yes, I think it would be certainly devastating to Pennsylvania, Mr. Chairman, because the money has already been obligated; I think any other State, also, and there are a whole list of States that would lose money. I sympathize with what the gentleman is trying to do. I went through a flood in 1977, which had a devastating impact. FEMA was absolutely essential to our recovery. We spent $350 million in Federal money trying to help the area, so we are going to help him at some point. But we cannot afford to take money out of these programs, the highway program in particular, in order to restore the FEMA money.

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John Murtha

Pennsylvania

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the impact of funding decisions on Pennsylvania and the importance of FEMA after a disaster.

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