Congressman Ryan, your 2011 budget plan, passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, included a 40 percent cut for federal programs including FEMA. Balancing the budget on the backs of disaster victims is the wrong plan.
Why is this important?
The devastation in the wake of Superstorm Sandy focuses attention on the necessity of federal disaster aid. State and local governments would never be able to absorb the entire cost of clean up and the rebuilding of infrastructure that will be required for those in the path of this historic storm. Lawmakers such as Congressman Ryan who put political expediency ahead of victims of natural disasters need to rethink their priorities.
