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




                         HURRICANE SANDY RELIEF

  (Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I represent the northeastern 
part of the State of New Jersey. Millions of New Jerseyans and millions 
of folks in New York, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut suffered 
devastating damage, about $60 billion worth of damage, from a natural 
disaster. I, too, as my Republican and Democratic colleagues have said, 
have voted time after time for relief from natural disasters.
  I urge the Speaker to reconsider this unconscionable, inexplicable 
refusal to let us vote on disaster relief for the millions who are 
still suffering in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.
  We provide lots of revenue for the United States of America. We're a 
donor State to the States who get a lot more Federal aid than we give 
to those in New Jersey and New York. We're due this.
  But the question for the American people, Mr. Speaker, is: Why is the 
Speaker of the House doing this? What is going on in his caucus or in 
his mind, Mr. Speaker, that would say we're not going to allow a 
discussion and a vote on aid that will address $60 billion worth of 
damages to tens of millions of American citizens in the Northeast?

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