Nunes/Costa Introduce Disaster Legislation
Nunes/Costa introduce disaster legislation
Representative Devin Nunes, R-Tulare, today announced the introduction of House Resolution 925, which provides emergency disaster relief to the State of California . Mr. Nunes and Representative Jim Costa (D-Fresno), are leading House efforts in Congress to pass legislation to assist farmers, workers and small businesses impacted by the freeze.
Today's bill introduction in the House of Representatives follows the introduction of legislation in the Senate on Wednesday. The bills, which will be identical, reflect the close coordination of House and Senate lawmakers from California in response to the freeze. Congressman Nunes, Senator Barbara Boxer and other supporters discussed the disaster relief proposal in a joint press conference on Wednesday.
"As the Representative whose district was most heavily impacted by the freeze, I am very thankful for the hard work of my colleagues in the California delegation. A number of Representatives, including Mr. Costa, Mr. McCarthy and Mr. Cardoza worked tirelessly over the past few weeks to put together an appropriate package of relief. Now we need to make our case to the rest of Congress," said Nunes.
The legislation introduced in the House today includes relief for California farmers suffering from the January freeze. It also provides farm workers assistance and aides local economies by funding small business grants. In addition, the disaster bill includes provisions to assist those who suffered disasters in California in 2005, due to heavy rain and flooding and 2006, due to excessive heat.
"Some may say that this bill is costly. My response is simple. The cost to rural communities across our state is far greater, should Congress not act. We have a responsibly to help our constituents suffering from natural disasters and I hope we can move quickly to get assistance to those in need", said Nunes.
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