[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 22598]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                       NOT ENOUGH DISASTER RELIEF

  (Mrs. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, after the September 11 
attacks, the administration told us it would do whatever it takes to 
help New York recover. Forty billion dollars was quickly approved, $20 
billion to fight terrorism and $20 billion for disaster relief 
primarily for New York.
  Well, yesterday, the Committee on Appropriations allocated that $40 
billion and New York got less than $10 billion.
  Now we want to know, what will it take for New York to get its fair 
share? Will it take a mass exodus from the city? Because people and 
businesses are making decisions to stay or go right now and New York's 
future hangs in the balance.
  We are told that we will get the money eventually. I want to 
congratulate two of my Republican colleagues, the gentleman from New 
York (Mr. Walsh) and the gentleman from New York (Mr. Sweeney), for 
their courage in saying eventually is not soon enough. That money was 
allocated for this year. Now we have to go and hunt for it somewhere 
else.
  New York is one of the economic centers of America and it should not 
take this much trouble for America to give New York help.

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