MASSIVE NATURAL DISASTERS
SINCE 1980. THE TOTAL COST TO
TAXPAYERSá MORE THAN $1.6
TRILLION AND THE ANNUAL COST
EACH YEAR IS ONLY GROWING.
DATA SHOWS 3 OF THE PAST SIX
YEARS HAVE BEEN THE HIGHEST
FEDERAL SPENDING ON DISASTER
RELIEF ON RECORD, THAT
INCLUDES THE MOST RECENT $19.1
BILLION DISASTER RELIEF
PACKAGE TO HELP HURRICANE,
WILDFIRE, AND FLOOD VICTIMS.
INDIANA SENATOR MIKE BRAUN IS
ONE OF 8 REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED
AGAINST THIS YEARS RELIEF
PACKAGE. HE SAYS CONGRESS
SHOULD ABANDON THE PAY AS YOU
GO SYSTEM AND INSTEAD START
PLANNING AND BUDGETING FOR
DISASTERS EACH YEAR.
)Sen. Mike Braun (RáIN)á "we
don't offset it, we don't plan
for it, it's what makes this
place run so dysfunctionally"
((BOB)) THE BILL REMAINS IN
THE SENATEá BUT BRAUN HOPES TO
PUSH IT THROUGH IN TIME FOR
THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
