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Rep. Pascrell On Sandy Aid: It's Time To Take The Gloves Off - Jersey Style
Washington, DC,
January 2, 2013
U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), New Jersey's only member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, today delivered a statement on the floor of the House of Representatives in support of an emergency supplemental package to provide aid for Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts. Rep. Pascrell urged his colleagues to act immediately in passing the aid package to help the struggling communities still trying to recover in the wake of Sandy, particularly in north New Jersey. "As everyone knows by now, Hurricane Sandy caused significant damaged throughout the region and especially my home state of New Jersey. In Bergen County, first responders had to evacuate entire towns after the Hackensack River rose over a berm. Moonachie's Police Department will soon be housed in trailers, and reimbursed through federal disaster relief funding. The Mayor of Little Ferry is just one of the many people in that community whose house was decimated by the high water. Many businesses in the town lack flood insurance and will be forced to shutter their doors for good." ### |