Rubio Statement on Disaster Relief Legislation
"Today, I am in
"If I had been able to participate in today's
"As I have always done in the past, I support providing additional emergency resources for disaster aid and recovery. Disaster relief is an appropriate function of the federal government. And unlike some previous disaster relief legislation, these funds are to be spent immediately, and are properly targeted to assist the areas impacted by Hurricane Harvey and potentially Hurricane Irma.
"The rest of this package, however, contains items that under normal circumstances, and considered separately, I have opposed.
"I strongly disagree with the decision made by the administration to agree to pair funding for
"During my service in the
"Absent extenuating circumstances such as the outbreak of the Zika virus last year, I have consistently opposed passage of short term continuing resolutions, because they are an incredibly inefficient way of spending taxpayer dollars and fails to provide the certainty required for effective planning.
"Additionally, I am frustrated
"It is shameful these necessary and important measures are not being considered separately. Linking them to funds needed to assist our fellow Americans recovering from a devastating natural disaster is an unfortunate effort to avoid subjecting these measures to the scrutiny and debate they merit.
"Today, I was informed by Administrator Long that
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