In March, Rep. Kristi Noem voted in lock-step with Republican leaders in Washington to completely eliminate the watershed and Flood Prevention and Operations program and to slash $800 million in FEMA funding to state and local governments.
Last week, she joined Senators Tom Johnson and John Thune to request that President Barack Obama declare a flood emergency in 28 South Dakota counties.
This is blatant hypocrisy! She voted to cut/eliminate critical funding, yet she requested federal funds. You can't have it both ways.
I urge all of the people in Brown County and all the surrounding counties who are losing their land, their livelihoods and their legacies to flooding, to remind their friends and relatives to take a long hard look at her double talk.
Noem's hypocrisy places us all in peril. Remember it.
Deb Knecht
Houghton
