WASHINGTON DC (April 2, 2019) — This morning, Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley discussed on the Senate floor the disaster relief bill that Senate Democrats blocked yesterday that would help Iowa recover from recent devastating floods. Video can be found here and text can be found below.
"Senate Democrats yesterday blocked a bill that provides much-needed funds for Puerto Rico’s nutrition program, also aid for the 2018 hurricane and wildfires, and thirdly assistance to Midwest states in the midst of a flood crisis. That includes at least Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, maybe other states. Now, the people that voted against it say it was because they care about Puerto Rico. But the bill they blocked takes care of the urgent funding-shortfalls there in that commonwealth. Playing politics with disaster-aid does a disservice to the people of Puerto Rico and the people of states like Iowa that are suffering right now from these floods. Why would these senators want to come to campaign in Iowa when they don’t show sympathy for Iowans suffering from the floods with the vote that they cast last night?"
