[Vision2020] Idahoan Votes 'No' on Aid

[Janesta Carcich]

Well, all I can say is it is nice to see his true
colours prior to the election. 

How sickening. What does he want to do? Wait? I think
there has been enough "waiting" for everyone down
there by now.

Janesta

--- Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

> >From today's (September 10, 2005) Spokesman Review
> -
> 
> This isn't the first time something ignorant
> originated from Congressman
> Otter's office.
> 
> Quote from Otter:
> 
> "By approving this bill, Congress once again was
> rushing to act without
> seriously considering the consequences or
> alternatives."
> 
> Such consequences as food for starving families,
> shelter for displaced
> children, etc. etc.  
> 
> Question:  When is Otter up for re-election?
> 
>
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> 
> Idahoan votes 'no' on aid 
> Otter calls relief package 'simply irresponsible'
> 
> Betsy Z. Russell
> Staff writer
> September 10, 2005
> 
> Idaho Congressman Butch Otter was among just 11
> lawmakers this week to vote
> against the $51.8 billion hurricane relief
> supplemental funding bill - a
> measure he called "throwing money at a tragedy" and
> "simply irresponsible."
> 
> The bill passed the House on a 410-11 vote. Otter,
> who is running for
> governor of Idaho, was the only House member from
> the Northwest to vote "no"
> on the measure.
> 
> "By approving this bill, Congress once again was
> rushing to act without
> seriously considering the consequences or
> alternatives," the three-term
> Idaho Republican said in a statement. "'Do something
> now, even if it's
> wrong,' is as bad a policy for government as it is
> for individuals. Millions
> of Americans are making personal sacrifices to help
> the victims of this
> disaster through private and community relief
> efforts. Each of them is
> counting on their money going where it will do the
> most good. There needs to
> be just as much accountability attached to how
> government spends the
> people's money." 
>  
> The measure he opposed, H.R. 3673, included money
> for "costs of evacuation,
> emergency repairs, deployment of personnel, and
> other costs resulting from
> immediate relief efforts," along with funding for
> medical care, "emergency
> expenses for repair of damage to flood control and
> hurricane shore
> protection projects in the Gulf States caused by
> Hurricane Katrina," and for
> other disaster relief costs. It is the measure that
> includes $2,000 debit
> cards for affected families to use on immediate
> needs such as food and
> clothing. The bill requires at least weekly reports
> back to the
> congressional appropriations committee from the
> Secretary of Homeland
> Security and the Army Corps of Engineers on how the
> money is being spent.
> 
> Otter didn't participate in the debate on the House
> floor, which included
> passionate statements in support of the bill from
> members including Rep. Tom
> DeLay, R-Texas, who said 5 million people in his
> home region need help.
> "What we are asking is to give them a little hope
> over the next few weeks so
> that we can take care of their needs and get them
> back up and running
> again," DeLay told the House. "We are not just
> writing a blank check. We
> have . got safeguards built into this bill."
> 
> Democrats objected to the process that brought the
> bill forward without
> offering them input or a chance to offer amendments,
> including reforms to
> FEMA, but they all supported the bill. "Obviously we
> are all going to vote
> for this," said Democratic leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi,
> D-Calif. It later
> passed the Senate unanimously. 
> 
> Jerry Brady, the Democratic candidate for governor
> of Idaho, called Otter's
> vote "outrageous." He said, "People and private
> property need to be saved -
> right now. Why is that hard to understand?" 
> 
> The $51.8 billion funding bill followed an earlier
> $10 billion-plus measure,
> but estimates are that hurricane relief costs will
> continue to mount and
> likely will reach $225 billion.
> 
> Otter said in his statement, "I'm committed now to
> ensuring the victims of
> Hurricane Katrina get all the help they need, for as
> long as it takes.
> However, throwing money at a tragedy before
> understanding how to address it
> most effectively for the benefit of the people most
> in need is simply
> irresponsible."
> 
>
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> 
> Take care, Moscow.
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> 
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Janesta Carcich

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