Katrina
Updates
PICKERING:
$300K KATRINA HOUSING PROJECT PLANNING/DESIGN
GRANT FOR MSU
Universities Rebuilding American
Partnerships Community Design grant
to fund partnership between Mississippi
State and Biloxi
HOUSE
PASSES PICKERING'S LOCAL COMMUNITY
RECOVERY ACT
Legislation confirms federal contract
set-asides for Mississippi companies;
expresses the will of Congress
that recent GAO ruling be implemented.
PICKERING
PRAISES CORPS FOR AWARDING PRIME
CONTRACTS TO MISSISSIPPI COMPANY
The Corps will announce that Gulfport
based Necaise Brothers Construction
will lead on debris removal as
the prime contractor.
PRESIDENT
BUSH SIGNS PICKERING'S LOCAL COMMUNITY
RECOVERY ACT INTO LAW
The act clarifies the Stafford
Act to ensure Mississippi companies
can receive significant prime federal
contracts and in the future, contractors
in disaster areas across our country
may be given preference through
geographic set-asides of federal
contracts.
CONGRESS
AND KATRINA CHALLENGES
Congress faces challenges this year:
securing our nation against terrorism;
supporting our troops in Iraq, Afghanistan
and around the world; controlling
spending and encouraging a prosperous
economy; and addressing issues like
education, ethics, health care,
energy, agriculture and technology.
GAO'S
PRELIMINARY FINDINGS SHOW FEDS MUST
DO MORE IN HURRICANE RESPONSE
Government Accounting Office issues
report today describing federal
failures in emergency response following
Hurricane Katrina
PICKERING:
RESPONDS TO KATRINA COMMITTEE REPORT
Mississippi congressman calls for
government disaster response reform,
FEMA reform and Disaster Victims'
Bill of Rights - will address media
at press conference in Mississippi
on Friday
CHIP
PICKERING COLUMN: THANKSGIVING AFTER
KATRINA
The Catalogue of Philanthropy announced
this week that Mississippi again
ranks as the most generous and charitable
state in the nation. The generosity
index compares "having"
and "giving" and while
our average income ranks the lowest
in the country
PICKERING:
HOUSE PASSES KATRINA TAX ACT, EXPECTS
HOUSE TO PASS KATRINA FUNDING OVER
WEEKEND
Legislation creating GO-Zone passes
House and Senate, ready for President
to sign; legislation with Katrina
funding attached to Dept of Defense
bill expected to pass House of Representatives
on Saturday night or Sunday
PICKERING:
HOUSE PASSES $29 BILLION FOR HURRICANE
RELIEF; PASSES $2 BILLION FOR MISSISSIPPI
& LOUISIANA MEDICAID FUNDING
Funds include $11.5 billion for
CDBG housing relief; $1.5 billion
for forestry and timber; $1.6 billion
for education; $2 billion for Mississippi
and Louisiana Medicaid
PICKERING:
CORPS TO AWARD NEW MISSISSIPPI CONTRACTS
– WHITE HOUSE EXTENDS 100%
RELIEF
Pickering announces the Corps of
Engineers will award three Mississippi
only contracts for debris removal;
praises White House for extending
100% federal relief funding until
March 15
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