[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18669]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         HURRICANE SANDY RELIEF

  (Mr. SERRANO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Speaker, as the only New York City member of the 
Appropriations Committee, what I saw last night is something that I 
hadn't seen before. Whenever a disaster hit any part of this country, 
we always got together and found the funds to deal with the issue. We 
didn't worry about what section of the country it was for or what kind 
of disaster, we came together and we did it.
  In addition, there was something that happened last night that 
doesn't bode well for this House, and that is that if there's one thing 
we still have in this House, in spite of all our problems, is that when 
we give our word, we keep it.
  We were given their word that that bill would come up last night or 
no later than today. To walk away from the people of New York, 
Connecticut, and New Jersey, to walk away from all of these people who 
are suffering right now is really shameful.
  But there is still time. That bill can come before us today and we 
can pass it today. And that's the call. Don't turn your back on the 
victims of Sandy. Come together as a country, as a Congress, and take 
care of this now.

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