December 10, 2012
Joint Statements on
President Obama's $60-Billion Sandy Funding Request
Following the
Obama Administration’s $60-billion
disaster aid request, US Senators
Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ), Charles E.Schumer
(D-NY), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), and
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) supported
the president’s request
for federal funding to help states
and localities impacted by
Superstorm Sandy.
“This supplemental
is a very good start, and while $60
billion doesn’t cover all of New
York and New Jersey’s needs, it
covers a large percentage.
Just as important, there is a great
deal of flexibility that better
allows us to help homeowners, small
businesses, hospitals, beach
communities, and localities rebuild,
repair and protect themselves.
We’d like to thank the White House
for being open and receptive to our
suggestions,” the New Jersey and New
York Senators said. “Of course, as
we have said before, we believe this
will be the first of several
supplementals that will be necessary
as our states’ needs become more
clear and we look forward to working
with the White House on those as
well. This is going to be a
tough fight in the Congress given
the fiscal cliff, and some members
have not been friendly to disaster
relief. But the care with
which the package has been put
together has given us a good head
start. Finally, we’d like to deeply
thank the President for caring about
our states and being so
responsive and our governors for
being constructive and working with
us throughout this process.”
As a member of the
Senate Appropriations Committee,
Senator Lautenberg pledged to work
quickly to secure the funding in
Congress: “We will get to work in
Congress to secure disaster relief
funding before the end of the year,
and we will continue fighting until
New Jersey is fully rebuilt and
stronger than ever.”
Meanwhile,
Governor Chris Christie and New York
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo said in a
separate joint statement, “During
the past days and weeks, we have
been working very closely with the
president, administration officials
and our respective congressional
delegations to craft a supplemental
appropriations request that meets
the critical needs facing our states
in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. This
agreement on the Administration’s
request to Congress would authorize
more than $60 billion in funding
that will enable our states to
recover, repair, and rebuild better
and stronger than before. This
package also includes funding to
invest in essential mitigation and
prevention efforts that will better
protect our region against the
devastating impacts of future
superstorms.
“The request is
crafted to afford maximum
flexibility to state governments and
we will continue to work with the
Administration and Congress as our
needs arise.
“We thank
President Obama for his steadfast
commitment of support and look
forward to continuing our
partnership in the recovery effort.”
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