Jay Rockefeller: “The devastating power of Hurricane Sandy impacted of millions of people throughout the eastern United States.”

If confirmed, I will commit to review all of the statutory requirements and congressional deadlines.

That is stunning. It has not been reauthorized, CHIP. It is still out there, floating.

I thank Senator Leahy for attempting to address my concerns about this bill. I thank his committee staff for working with my committee staff to insert clarifying report language.

Furthermore, if we are going to potentially burden our government agencies with increased costs that will be associated with complying with the bill, then I think Congress should also provide these agencies with sufficient funding to deal…