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Sandy has been more mismanaged, than Katrina

Tam

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Didn't Hurricane Sandy hit in late Oct.

Washington, Jan 1 -

House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY) today released legislation to provide needed funding for Hurricane Sandy relief and recovery. The base bill totals $27 billion, and will provide funding to meet immediate and critical needs for Sandy victims and their communities.

The statement by Chairman Rogers follows:
"Given the size and scope of the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy, it is essential that Congress provide the victims of this storm and their communities with the necessary federal aid as soon as possible. It is crystal clear that the recovery from this terrible hurricane is going to take months and years, not days and weeks. To this end, the legislation released today will provide the aid needed for immediate relief, while also beginning the process of meeting long-term recovery needs.

“However, as we embark on these recovery efforts, it is essential that Congress make responsible decisions to get the most out of each and every recovery dollar. We’ve included important oversight measures and reporting requirements in this legislation to prevent abuse and ensure federal agencies are using these funds in a responsible, effective way.

“This is not the first major disaster to hit our nation, and unfortunately, it will not be the last. As a nation, we have come together again and again to help victims of catastrophes across the country recover after storms, droughts, fires, and floods. Hurricane Sandy has brought much of the Northeast region to its knees, and it is once again our duty to help our people get back on their feet."


But those immediate funds were not released until Jan 2013

And what was included you ask.


It's been 66 days since Hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast, causing major damage in New York and New Jersey. The storm was so powerful, it is in the running to become the most expensive storm for taxpayers on record. Historically, Congress has passed hurricane relief bills in the immediate aftermath of storm damage, but Sandy is a different story. Why? Congress wrote up Hurricane Sandy Relief legislation and then Harry Reid's Senate loaded it with pork. What's in it? Many things that hardly count as relief for victims.


The pork-barrel feast includes more than $8 million to buy cars and equipment for the Homeland Security and Justice departments. It also includes a whopping $150 million for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to dole out to fisheries in Alaska and $2 million for the Smithsonian Institution to repair museum roofs in DC.

An eye-popping $13 billion would go to “mitigation” projects to prepare for future storms.

Other big-ticket items in the bill include $207 million for the VA Manhattan Medical Center; $41 million to fix up eight military bases along the storm’s path, including Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; $4 million for repairs at Kennedy Space Center in Florida; $3.3 million for the Plum Island Animal Disease Center and $1.1 million to repair national cemeteries.

Budget watchdogs have dubbed the 94-page emergency-spending bill “Sandy Scam.”
More:
$58.8 million for forest restoration on private land.
$197 million “to… protect coastal ecosystems and habitat impacted by Hurricane Sandy.”
$10.78 billion for public transportation, most of which is allocated to future construction and improvements, not disaster relief.
$17 billion for wasteful Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), a program that has become notorious for its use as a backdoor earmark program.


And who gets the blame for holding up the Pork Filled bill the Republicans :roll:
 

Steve

Well-known member
And who gets the blame for holding up the Pork Filled bill

The Republicans

yep,.. ol Christie shoots off and the liberals flock to his words.. calling him the next great republican leader!!

when will we learn?
 
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