At least one of the 67 conservative Republicans who opposed the [Hurricane Sandy relief] bill is just months removed from seeing a natural disaster devastate his own district.
That would be Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado Springs, where the Waldo Canyon Fire last June destroyed close to 350 homes and led to $352.6 million in insurance claims.
Following that fire, Lamborn signed onto a letter along with the other members of the Colorado congressional delegation asking the White House for additional FEMA disaster relief.
Two months earlier, Lamborn had actually introduced his own legislation aimed at limiting executive disaster declarations and federal dollars they free up.
“Most disasters – tornadoes, snowstorms, fires, floods – are state and local issues,” Lamborn said in a press release announcing the move. “Last year, President Obama issued over 240 FEMA disaster declarations, breaking the previous by over 80. Obama increased the national debt with his very generous use of ‘disaster declarations.”
File under: "Why We Can't Have a Nice Country."
You know who will be in line with his hand out for Federal disaster relief the next time a disaster strikes his district? Surely not Rep. "B-a-a-a" Lamborn! He's wouldn't be a hypocrite!
BONUS: Here are the 66 other Rethugs who voted against Hurricane Sandy relief.
(Photo: Rep. Lamborn - booo, er, we mean b-a-a-a - clearly not of woman born!)
