10-30-2012, 01:28 AM
“One of the reasons House Republicans insisted on reforming the disaster funding process, which we did as part of the Budget Control Act, was so that we would have a separate dedicated pot of money available based on historical disaster needs,” Cooper added. “We also provided that should a disaster exceed that capacity, Congress and the president could provide additional emergency funds.”
Was it your side, or the repubs that were responsible for the money that's available? I'm surprised they both seem to claim responsibility. At any rate, I guess that's a reasonable argument for the morality of FEMA ;-). kj.
Was it your side, or the repubs that were responsible for the money that's available? I'm surprised they both seem to claim responsibility