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State Legislators Decry Failure of Federal Aid Package
Legislators from Monmouth County respond to the House of Representative's failure to pass Sandy aid bill
Senate and Assembly Republican legislators representing Monmouth County municipalities devastated by Superstorm Sandy issued the statement below in response to the House of Representative’ failure to take action on a $60.4B Sandy aid package. They include Senators Joseph Kyrillos, Jennifer Beck, Sam Thompson and Robert Singer; Assemblywomen Mary Pat Angelini, Caroline Casagrande and Amy Handlin, and Assemblymen Declan O’Scanlon, David Rible, Sean Kean, Ron Dancer and Rob Clifton. Here is the statement as released in its entirety: “We are appalled at the House of Representatives’ decision to not take action on the Sandy aid package that is so vital to our recovery efforts. Residents and businesses at the Jersey Shore are in dire need of …
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Paul Schlaflin
2:42 pm on Friday, January 4, 2013
Debra Thanks for sharing..these folks, our "leaders" are clueless as to the realities the Sandy victims are living through. Of course you can't learn too much showing up in the disaster areas only long enough for a photo op. So far the only one I've spoken to that cares enough to get involved is Troy Singleton from Burlington County. Not one of the shore's legislators have been responsive. … more ›