Maybe he noticed that
1. We already have a huge deficit.
2. Nowhere in the Constitution is there an article says the Federales should hand out huge bundles of tax dollars to victims of natural disasters.
The should either buy their insurance or live with consequences.
I'm sorry for (most of) the victims, but that doesn't entitle Congress to mug me (or indenture my daughters) for their sake.
Hostettler always makes tough votes like this on principle. He's up for another tough election and this certainly won't be a popular vote but the folks in his district admire him for votes like these.
The Constitution doesn't say a lot of things and that hasn't kept the feds from looting what is not theirs, so why get all upset?
We've created this monster and we're the ones who have to feed it.
Ditto! Ditto! Ditto! I've been having these same thoughts.....