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					<h1 class="story-title" itemprop="name">Ted Cruz Rebuked Aid For Hurricane Sandy &#8211; Now Begging For Help With Harvey</h1>
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						<p>Governor Greg Abbott’s request of President Donald Trump to declare a major disaster for Texas ahead of Hurricane Harvey making landfall has received some significant support.</p>
<p>Both of Texas’ senators, Republicans John Cornyn and Ted Cruz sent a letter to Trump Friday, urging the president to act to ensure federal support during what could be a catastrophic weather event. Hurricane Harvey is set to make landfall as a category 3 hurricane, which would be the first such storm since 2005.</p>
<p>This is a surprising move, considering neither senator voted in favor of sending disaster relief to the East Coast after Hurricane Sandy hit in 2013 because they believed it was overburdened with unrelated spending measures for things like museum renovations and NOAA airplane upgrades (NOAA runs the National Hurricane Center). Cornyn did eventually vote for other aid to be sent.</p>
<p>The Hill notes that Cruz also supported federal funding being used for relief of deadly flooding in Texas in 2015.</p>
<p>Both senators have also publicly demanded spending cuts to offset federal emergency aid. Per Bloomberg, the FEMA disaster relief fund had just $3.8 billion, which, if the storm is as severe as predicted, won’t cover the storm and the rest of hurricane season.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ted Cruz &amp; his buds were vile &amp; un-American when they voted against Sandy relief. Let&#39;s NOT repeat it. We are all IN THIS together. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Pam Keith (@PamKeithFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/PamKeithFL/status/901194471886512128">August 25, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hmmm, I seem to remember Cruz and Cornwyn voting AGAINST the same for NY/NJ/CT after Hurricane Sandy. Hypocrites.</p>
<p>&mdash; PersistentGuppy (@superguppy) <a href="https://twitter.com/superguppy/status/901161849886052352">August 25, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>“Given the potential catastrophic impact that the Hurricane may have on Texas communities, we strongly support this request and urge you to provide any and all emergency protective measures available by a major disaster declaration,” Cornyn and Cruz said in the request.</p>
<p>Under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, an expedited major disaster declaration would allow federal assistance programs to be used during the response to the hurricane damage.</p>
<p>Bloomberg also noted that Vice President Mike Pence advocated for “deep spending cuts” to pay for Hurricane Katrina relief in 2005 when he was serving in Congress. He spearheaded the effort, dubbed “Operation Offset.”</p>
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