[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. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, let me lend my voice to those who 
previously spoke, particularly Mr. Hoyer.
  My district was devastated by the storm. I have thousands of people 
who do not have homes, who are living in temporary circumstances. I 
have municipalities that have expended millions of dollars in trying to 
do the cleanup. The fact of the matter is that if we don't take action 
tonight and we let this House adjourn without taking action on the 
supplemental for the hurricane, we will suffer a great deal.
  Many of these towns are waiting for the money to come through to 
provide funding for municipal services, for emergency services. Many of 
them are completely broke at this time in terms of their ability to 
provide help for their residents. This is a very serious matter. This 
need is immediate. This can't wait until next week or next month. 
There's absolutely no way that that can happen without having a 
tremendous negative impact on the residents of my district.
  So I implore the Speaker, please reconsider this decision. It is just 
not possible for us to continue without having some relief from the 
Federal Government.

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