Langevin, Cicilline Highlight Importance of House Passage for Hurricane Sandy Relief
With the House scheduled to reconvene today and only four days remaining in the 112th Congress, U.S. Congressman James R. Langevin (D-RI) and U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI) applauded the U.S. Senate for approving $60.4 billion in Hurricane Sandy recovery funds and reiterated the need for the House to do the same as soon as possible.
(Media-Newswire.com) - With the House scheduled to reconvene today and only four days remaining in the 112th Congress, U.S. Congressman James R. Langevin ( D-RI ) and U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline ( D-RI ) applauded the U.S. Senate for approving $60.4 billion in Hurricane Sandy recovery funds and reiterated the need for the House to do the same as soon as possible.
"It is critical that we immediately approve this funding that will help bring relief to Rhode Island families affected by this storm and create jobs by rebuilding our local infrastructure," Langevin and Cicilline said in a joint statement. "With only a few days left in this legislative session, the House Republican leadership should set aside politics and provide Rhode Islanders with this much-needed relief."
Hurricane Sandy made landfall in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States during the last week of October 2012. Langevin and Cicilline joined U.S. Senator Jack Reed ( D-RI ) and U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse ( D-RI ) in a letter urging President Obama to expedite the approval of emergency relief for Rhode Island. Three days later, Obama authorized the Federal Emergency Management Agency ( FEMA ) to provide emergency aid to Rhode Island to assist in state and local response efforts.
The U.S. Senate approved a $60.4 billion emergency supplemental package for Hurricane Sandy recovery work last Friday, with the measure passing by a bipartisan vote of 62 to 32
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