SUNUNU APPLAUDS INCLUSION OF STRAFFORD AND MERRIMACK COUNTIES IN PRESIDENTIAL DISASTER DECLARATION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                                CONTACT: BARBARA RILEY

8/20/08                                                                        202-224-2841

                                                                                    LIZ CHAMBERLAIN

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SUNUNU APPLAUDS INCLUSION OF STRAFFORD AND MERRIMACK COUNTIES IN PRESIDENTIAL DISASTER DECLARATION

MANCHESTER, NH – United States Senator John Sununu (R-NH) today applauded the decision by President Bush to approve Strafford and Merrimack Counties for public assistance in the amended disaster declaration following the July 24th tornado and heavy storms. 

“I talked with Federal Emergency Management Administrator R. David Paulison this afternoon (Wednesday) to push the case for expanded assistance for New Hampshire,” said Sununu. “It’s clear that a number of communities in these counties suffered significant damage from the July 24th tornado and storms, and I am pleased that Merrimack and Strafford Counties will be receiving assistance.”

Sununu toured the damaged areas on Friday, July 25 with THE Federal Emergency Management Agency’s New England Regional Director Art Cleaves and again on Saturday, August 2 with Governor John Lynch, Senator Judd Gregg and other local officials.