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Are You Kidding Me: Stay Classy Congress-person Blackburn

By Dana Jones on 07/23/2009 @ 04:42 PM

Tags: Are You Kidding Me, US House, GOP Opponents

Are You Kidding Me?

Comments yesterday during the floor debate on HR 2920, the pay-as-you-go bill as Congressional Quarterly reported “…raised a few eyebrows.” Republican Congressman Marsha Blackburn (Blackburn’s “preferred term” is Congressman over Congresswoman) said, “we’re not going to cry ‘emergency’ every time we have a Katrina.”

“Let’s agree that we’re going to have PAYGO enforcement. That we’re not going to cry ‘emergency’ every time we have a Katrina, every time we have a Tsunami, every time we have a need for extra spending that we don’t go call for a special appropriation that allows us to circumvent the PAYGO rules.”

There have been over 1,500 deaths because of Hurricane Katrina. To disregard the victims and the gulf coast region as a line item on a budget is callous and undemonstrative.

Blackburn served as the Communications Chairman for the Republican Study Committee in the last Congress. She is described as part of “the conservative core of the House GOP caucus.”

Representative…you might want to brush up on your floor speeches when talking about the worst natural disaster on American soil.

Are You Kidding Me!?

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