Posted on 01/02/2013 12:07:17 PM PST by Hoodat
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is fuming over the House’s decision to not hold a vote on Superstorm Sandy relief package.
Speaking at a news conference Wednesday afternoon, the Republican governor said the only group to blame for decision is the House’s GOP majority and Speaker John Boehner.
Christie said he tried calling Speaker John Boehner four times Tuesday night, but Christie said Boehner didn’t take his call.
Christie says the storm aid measure is not something you “play politics with” when people are suffering. Christie said “our people were played last night as a pawn. And that’s why people hate Washington D.C.”
Christie was just one of several New Jersey elected officials, from both sides of the aisle, who lambasted Boehner’s decision to not hold a vote.
Earlier in the day on Wednesday, Christie and New York Governor Cuomo released the following joint statement on the failure to pass the Hurricane Sandy Relief Package:
“With all that New York and New Jersey and our millions of residents and small businesses have suffered and endured, this continued inaction and indifference by the House of Representatives is inexcusable. It has now been 66 days since Hurricane Sandy hit and 27 days since President Obama put forth a responsible aid proposal that passed with a bipartisan vote in the Senate while the House has failed to even bring it to the floor. This failure to come to the aid of Americans following a severe and devastating natural disaster is unprecedented. The fact that days continue to go by while people suffer, families are out of their homes, and men and women remain jobless and struggling during these harsh winter months is a dereliction of duty. . .”
(Excerpt) Read more at philadelphia.cbslocal.com ...
For a huge portion of our early history, when the Constitution still meant something, the Feds were clear that disaster relief was NOT under their purview.
geez....FEMA isn’t releasing the aid already approved and keeps delaying any work being done.....WHY in the heck should we throw more money down that sewer???(FEMA not necessarily NJ....but)
I could not agree more. This list is long and the work will be hard. I am not convinced we have the time or will to salvage this mess we are in.
Zactly. I am so done with those people.
Excellent. Not a single politician today will act like Crockett did.
Shut up GAS BAG!!!! You helped elect Obama by slobbering all over him days before an election. You and your big mouth halted the momentum that Romney needed going into the election. I never want to see or hear from you again.
Maybe Bruce Springsteen could help.
I hope christie feels like he is being stabbed in the back now that the shoe is on the other foot.
Thank you for posting that.
“Christie says the storm aid measure is not something you “play politics with” when people are suffering. Christie said “our people were played last night as a pawn. And that’s why people hate Washington D.C.”
Chris you stupid lard ass. This bill has $150,000,000 dollars for an Alaska fishery. PLEASE explain why that is in the bill for Sandy relief. Until then shut your literal pie hole.
What exactly is the money for? Rebuilding individual’s homes/vacation homes that didn’t have insurance? Clean up?
To Chris Christy and the rest of the whining politicians, just STFU!! You never hear these whiners squak about the pork, they just squeal like pigs when they want more pork.
No problem, they’ll send it back for revision, and push another one through, even though they had no problem whatsoever House funding the coming Extortion-Care Arbeitsziehungslager.
They can block this but had no problem whatsoever House funding the coming Extortion-Care Arbeitsziehungslager.
No problem, they’ll send it back for revision, and push another one through, even though they had no problem whatsoever House funding the coming Extortion-Care Arbeitsziehungslager.
It was not a “Sandy” relief bill it was a typical pile on the pork sandwich. If the pols really cared about the victims they wouldn’t have tried to abuse their circumstances this way. Too bad NJ!
Last week my sewer backed up and soaked my carpet,wallboards and floorboards. I called it Sh@t Storm Cyndy(me exes name).
When can I expect federal relief?
It was not a “Sandy” relief bill it was a typical pile on the pork sandwich. If the pols really cared about the victims they wouldn’t have tried to abuse their circumstances this way. Too bad NJ!
I didn't get sh!t for $15K of Ike damage, you fat douchebag-flavored donut.
Gov Christie, go cry on Obama’s shoulder. He cares about New Jersey, don’t cha know.
Maybe NJ, NY and the original 13 Colonies can become their own country!!
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