On the recordJanuary 28, 2013
As I heard the compilation from the distinguished Senator from New Hampshire, it was a pretty small percentage of the bill, and I was going through the math in my head. If it was a $60 billion bill, with a $150 million appropriation that would have supported the disaster for the fishermen, I think that is 0.25 percent of the total of the bill--one-quarter of 1 percent. Yet somebody over on the House side had to target that and take it out and leave the fishermen high and dry while the rest all went through? I think it is really important that we as a group stand for the fishermen and try to force some recognition in this body that the disaster they are facing is a real one.
