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Letter of the Day (Jan. 30): Congress

An "emergency relief measure" took three months to pass through Congress.

February 2, 2013 at 12:58AM
James Connelly, 70, surveys the damage Friday, November 2, 2012, after riding out Hurricane Sandy in Bayville, New Jersey.
James Connelly, 70, surveys the damage in November after riding out Hurricane Sandy in Bayville, New Jersey. (Mct - Mct/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

While President Obama has promised to sign the measure for storm victims in the Northeast ("Congress OKs $50.5 billion in Sandy storm relief," Jan. 29), I would not call it an "emergency relief measure" when it took three months for it to pass through Congress.

NORMAN HOLEN, RICHFIELD

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