U.S. Rep. Meeks: Sequestration Would Have a Devastating Impact on My Constituents and All the Residents of the Northeast Who Have Been Affected by Superstorm Sandy

February 26, 2013

U.S. Rep. Meeks: Sequestration Would Have a Devastating Impact on My Constituents and All the Residents of the Northeast Who Have Been Affected by Superstorm Sandy

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05) issued the following statement about the negative impact the sequester could have on New York’s Fifth District and in other communities in the northeast who have been affected by Superstorm Sandy:

“Sequestration would have a devastating impact on my constituents and all the residents of the Northeast who have been affected by Superstorm Sandy by curbing the level of disaster aid just recently passed by the Congress. As HUD Secretary Donovan testified before the Senate, Sequestration will not only compound the travails of those still reeling from Sandy, it ‘will also cost jobs that would be created by full expenditure of the approved funding and slow the full recovery and rebuilding of a region that is critical to our economy.’”

“I am prepared to accept a balanced approach to debt reduction that includes both spending cuts and revenue to avoid the Sequester. I ask my Republican colleagues to work together with Democrats and the President to avoid this unnecessary pain for Americans.”[End]