[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18613]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         HURRICANE SANDY RELIEF

  (Mr. KING of New York asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. KING of New York. Mr. Speaker, tonight's action not to hold this 
vote on the supplemental is absolutely indefensible. There are 
thousands and thousands of people throughout Long Island, Rockaway, 
Staten Island and New Jersey and throughout the Northeast who are 
homeless tonight, who are without jobs, and who have lost their 
business. This is absolutely indefensible.
  The fact is every bit of documentation that was required by the 
leadership of this House was provided by Governor Cuomo, Governor 
Christie, and Mayor Bloomberg. Everybody played by the rules, except 
tonight, when the rug was pulled out from under us--absolutely 
inexcusable, absolutely indefensible.
  We have a moral obligation to hold this vote. The people who are out 
of their homes, the people who are cold, the people who are without 
food, and the people who have lost their jobs don't have the time to 
wait. We cannot just walk away from our responsibilities.

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