If the total cost of the hurricane recovery effort approaches $200 billion, as some have suggested, that would amount to every family in the country paying about $2,500. The last thing we need to do would be to saddle taxpayers with a tax increase. -Jeff Flake

 

If the total cost of the hurricane recovery effort approaches $200 billion, as some have suggested, that would amount to every family in the country paying about $2,500. The last thing we need to do would be to saddle taxpayers with a tax increase.


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I never believed that it was responsible to create this new entitlement, but it's even more irresponsible now, given that Hurricane Katrina has created new spending priorities for the federal government.

Jeff Flake

Three hundred thousand manufactured homes? People are screaming about that, ... I tell you, FEMA is a disaster.

Jeff Flake

There's a lot of fat to trim. ... I wonder if we've been serving in the same Congress.

Jeff Flake

I have to be a little pessimistic. There is no real stomach for fiscal discipline right now.

Jeff Flake

$50 billion is simply too much to give FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) all at once and ensure proper oversight.

Jeff Flake