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(Washington, D.C.) Senator Mark Pryor and U.S. Rep. Mike Ross
(AR-04) today said they are pleased to learn that President Bush is concerned
about the 10,477 manufactured homes sitting in Hope, Arkansas and called
on him to exercise an Executive Order to allow these homes to be used by
hurricane evacuees in Mississippi and Louisiana. Their letter follows
President Bush's announcement this morning that he called on Homeland Security
Secretary Michael Chertoff to address the fully furnished, unoccupied and
brand new manufactured homes in Hope that were purchased by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for hurricane evacuees who lost their
homes and everything they own nearly seven months ago.
Pryor and Ross contend that waiving the FEMA regulation which prevents
these manufactured homes from being sent to flood plain areas would mirror
legislation they introduced earlier this month in the Senate and House
of Representatives. They added, however, that an Executive Order
waiving the FEMA restriction could have the homes moving to the Gulf Coast
in a matter of days, as opposed to the lengthy process of passing legislation. |
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