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Post-Sandy Aid Excludes Connecticut Wildlife Refuge

Tylar Greene, Courtesy US Fish and Wildlife Service

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Last week, the US House of Representatives managed to pass a $50 billion Sandy relief package, but an amendment tacked on to the bill cut some $10 million to repair Westport's Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge.

Connecticut's third district Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro says damage sustained at the refuge was significant, and the aid package was vital to restoration efforts.

"We had about $10.9 million in damage across the refuge," Rep. DeLauro said. "The docks, the fences, education, research buildings, walkways, beach erosion. By cutting this funding, this hurts our ability to meet a federal commitment, which is to conserve wildlife, provide education and outdoor recreation for the public." 

While she supported and voted for the bill, Rep. DeLauro said the amendment was "vindictive" on the part of Congressman John Fleming of Louisiana, saying, "This is nothing more than a vindictive amendment, and it needlessly slashed disaster relief for one particular state - our state of Connecticut."

Ray Hardman is Connecticut Public’s Arts and Culture Reporter. He is the host of CPTV’s Emmy-nominated original series Where Art Thou? Listeners to Connecticut Public Radio may know Ray as the local voice of Morning Edition, and later of All Things Considered.

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