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Showing Original Post only (View all)New York Rep: GOP Made Us ‘Go Around Like Third World Beggars’ For Sandy Aid [View all]
Source: ThinkProgress
By Aviva Shen on Jan 18, 2013 at 1:50 pm
Rep. Peter King (R-NY) did not hesitate to attack his fellow House Republicans after they refused to hold a vote on providing disaster relief funds to states affected by Hurricane Sandy. After public shaming, the House finally passed a bare-bones aid package on January 4.
But King has not forgotten his colleagues who tried to block funds for the devastated regions of New York and New Jersey. On Friday morning, King recalled in a WOR-AM interview with Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) how he and the rest of the New York delegation were made to feel like third world beggars:
King cited a New Jersey congressman who said on the floor that Congress now needs a hypocrites conference for those whose states received funding the past and now sought to deny the New York region what it was seeking.
Quite frankly its going to be difficult going back and working with people you sit next to and whenever they were in need, we responded immediately, he said. Not one member of Congress ever voted against or said one word in opposition to aid going to other states when the money was needed. We were going around like third world beggars. At least they put us in that position.
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Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/01/18/1470081/new-york-rep-gop-made-us-go-around-like-third-world-beggars-for-sandy-aid/
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New York Rep: GOP Made Us ‘Go Around Like Third World Beggars’ For Sandy Aid [View all]
DonViejo
Jan 2013
OP
Good to hear, and thank you! Thank you for putting country (and conscience) over party ideology.
calimary
Jan 2013
#36
I hope he and the rest of the NY and NJ delegations have long memories and don't forgive, either
Hekate
Jan 2013
#4
It's only fair to note that plenty of them weren't even states at the outbreak of the Civil War
DFW
Jan 2013
#11
That will not be a true test of his character because he would face claims of hypocrisy if he votes
merrily
Jan 2013
#21
he picked his party, he picked his friends .......... now he sees what the country sees
Angry Dragon
Jan 2013
#30
Well, that's YOUR party, honey. They're your very own. You must be SO proud...
calimary
Jan 2013
#32
King is also a hypocrite. They are his own Party, the Party he helped create.
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#37