[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18614]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                         HURRICANE SANDY RELIEF

  (Mr. GRIMM asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. GRIMM. It is with an extremely heavy heart that I stand here 
almost in disbelief and somewhat ashamed that I need to take to this 
floor.
  What I'm thinking about are friends and neighbors that lost more than 
their homes, more than their worldly possessions, more than the 
businesses they've worked for their entire lives. They've lost family 
members. Now I have to go home and tell them their New Year's gift is 
that they're going to wait even longer for something they should have 
had over a month ago. It's inexcusable, and I am here tonight saying to 
myself for the first time that I'm not proud of the decision my team 
has made. It was the wrong decision.
  I am going to be respectful and ask that the speaker reconsider his 
decision because it's not about politics. It's about human lives and 
human dignity, and I pray that he understands that.

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