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Congressman Steve Scalise today issued the following statement after the House passed a bill to fund emergency management and disaster response.

“As Tropical Storm Karen threatens the Gulf Coast, the House today passed a bipartisan bill to fully fund disaster response and emergency operations,” Scalise said.  “While we have areas of disagreement with President Obama, we should at least be able to pass bills to fund the things we all agree upon as we negotiate our differences on the remaining items.  At a time when a storm is bearing down on us in the Gulf, I am calling on President Obama to put his partisanship to the side and withdraw his veto threat on the bill we passed to fund FEMA.  I am also calling on Senator Reid to join the bipartisan coalition in the House and pass this bill quickly.”