18 Quotes by Jim McCrery

We're looking at a variety of ways to solve that problem. Clearly, it's got to be addressed," ()

I look forward to the president's quickly signing this bill, so that Gulf Coast citizens can begin to rebuild their lives without the concern of how they will pay their taxes," ()

Former approaches may not work in this set of circumstances, ... We may have to think outside the box. We may want to create some overarching entity to direct the efforts." ()

We're operating on the assumption that we will be pulling together something in September for a vote some time this fall, ... there is no consensus." ()

What is being done is fairly massive. There will be temporary field offices in various areas around the disaster zone, ... We'll be trying to get word to refugees that are staying in shelters that they can visit or call these temporary field offices to get their checks. As you can imagine, it's a rather difficult proposition to get that information out to the people who need it.

We're also looking obviously at some sort of direct federal aid to the public entities that have no revenue but have to service the revenue bonds," ()

those businesses, we hope, will be employing and paying residents of the affected area." ()

We will have another tax bill, and I expect it will be very soon, ... I think people realize this is truly an unprecedented emergency." ()

Any public entity that has been deprived of revenue because of the disaster, should be looked at, in terms of some sort of assistance to get them over the temporary need.