| Sinning Senator Vitter, who resides in Metairie, and who supposedly witnessed what Louisiana went through in 2005, when not one, but two hurricanes wreaked their havoc on our beloved state, is apparently blocking President Obama's FEMA nominee:
"I have a hold on the FEMA nomination because I sent a list of hurricane recovery questions and projects to FEMA, many of which have not been adequately addressed," Vitter said in a statement. "I'm eager to get full responses and meet with the nominee immediately."
So ... Vitter's got some questions that he's awaiting answers. From FEMA. So his idiotic response is to put a hold on the President's nominee to that agency until he gets his answers?
Might he get those answers a tad quicker if there was a confirmed head of FEMA, rather than an acting head, who may or may not want to hamstring his successor with the answers he/she gives to the Sinning Senator?
In addition, had the Sinning Senator Vitter sent one of his staffers to the blocked nominee's - Craig Fugate - confirmation hearing, he would have received answers to his questions from the Mr. Fugate himself:
[Sen. Landrieu] noted that she shared Vitter's concerns, and at Fugate's confirmation hearing, she questioned him about changing the federal rules that ban new construction.
"One of the things I want to be able to do is look at V-Zones and make sure we are pragmatic in our decision making," Fugate said at the time. "Obviously, when a community is at risk and we can move that community and minimize that risk to their lives and property in the future, we should achieve that.
"But there are times when moving a community is not practical and we should look at what are the potential options through engineering or other types of mitigation techniques," he said.
So, Vitter's concerns were addressed by the nominee in an open confirmation hearing, yet the SINator still objects to not having received "adequate" answers? Sinning Senator, Mr. Fugate's response is the best you're gonna get until he gets all the information about the issue, and you're blocking him from getting that information!
For more on Mr. Fugate's record and qualifications, y'all might want to click on his name up top, as you will see that the pick of Fugate to head FEMA is being hailed by none other than former Governor Bush of Florida, in addition to other Republicans.
Sinning Senator Vitter ought to get off his high horse, and let the hold lapse, particularly with hurricane season looming. If Louisiana gets hit, and FEMA fucks up the response yet again, the blame should lie squarely on the Sinning Senator. |
