On the recordDecember 19, 2012
It is not just the fishermen coming home with empty nets because the cod moved offshore, it is the fuel suppliers to their boats, the engine repair shops that take care of the mechanics, the net repair and construction groups. So a whole economy stands on this. It is really inconceivable that a Senator from a State that has, as one of a group of five, soaked up $40 billion of disaster assistance would now begrudge us $150 million after this disaster was declared. This is bipartisan. Let me ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record the letter Senator Shaheen mentioned earlier as an exhibit for the end of the colloquy. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (See Exhibit 1.)
