Kevin Brady: “I am proud to represent the Eighth District of Texas. We have had many homes and businesses destroyed in Tropical Storm…”

“I am proud to represent the Eighth District of Texas. We have had many homes and businesses destroyed in Tropical Storm Allison. Let me tell the Members, the last thing people in Houston need are politicians trying to score points off our misery. That is exactly what we have heard here today. I am 100 percent certain, and FEMA is 100 percent certain, that there is today and will continue to be sufficient funding within our Federal aid and FEMA to ensure disaster aid to victims of Tropical Storm Allison. My colleagues in Congress who are using scare tactics to needlessly heap even more misery onto the families and businesses harmed by Allison ought to be ashamed of themselves. The only debate is whether Congress will fund future FEMA emergencies, future FEMA emergencies out of this bill now, or within the FEMA budget that will be taken up in a few short weeks. I believe that playing petty politics when people's lives have been destroyed is absolutely despicable. My advice to my friends on the other side is to knock it off. Let us work together for the sake of our State and communities.”