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Well now we got another story. Apparently a
couple in their 70s, they wound up getting
$27,000 from FEMA, they're a couple from
Arkansas their house devastated by a flood in
2007. They got the money and then three years
later FEMA says, "Oh you know what? We made a
mistake. We weren't supposed to give you that
money." So now they have turned it over to the
IRS saying get the money from the 73 year olds.
Well and of course they don't have the money now
to give it back so they're in dire straits.
They have one politican who is on their side.
Senator Mark Pryor on the Senate floor talked
exactly about this case. The Gugliemanas did
everything absolutely by the book. They followed
all of FEMA's direction. They did exactly
picture perfect. Exactly the way you would
think all citizens should conduct their business. These people clearly relied on the
government, relied on FEMA to their detriment. FEMA's done them harm. Our government has
done
them harm. American citizens should not be
treated this way. Especially those that are
playing by the rules and really don't have any
other recourse. That's why, Madam President,
I'm putting a hold on all the Treasury nominees.
We need to get this resolved. See that's the
key. You put a hold on all Treasury nominees
until they leave that couple alone. Isn't the
bigger issues that FEMA made the mistake? I mean
this is what people are so fed up about in our
country or at least one of the little reasons
they're fed up is waste and no accountability.
So isn't the responsibility really on the
government organization to not make the mistake
in the first place?