April 4, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 59 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Pages H3090-H3091]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 VOTE ON DISASTER SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING

  (Mr. DUNN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DUNN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to demand a vote on disaster 
supplemental funding.
  Next Wednesday will be the 6-month anniversary of Hurricane Michael 
and 6

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months with absolutely no supplemental disaster funding, no serious 
action on the part of Congress to help the victims of Florida, Georgia, 
Alabama, the Carolinas, and even the California wildfires.
  Every time I am in Florida, I discover new destruction. That debris 
has become firewood and is leading to massive wildfires. One just took 
out 700 acres. That debris is also clogging our stormwater system, and 
flooding will be our next disaster.
  One of the strongest hurricanes in the history of the United States 
ravaged Florida and left a path of destruction across the South, and 
yet, here we are with only 3 legislative days before Easter and no 
relief in sight.
  The Senate again failed to pass a disaster bill this week, and the 
House appears to have given up. This is shameful. The lack of action is 
a disgrace to the American people.
  Madam Speaker, American citizens are hurting. We must pass a disaster 
relief bill and do it now.

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