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Senate Republican Leader Bill Frist underscored the importance of the aid package after he and other top congressional Republicans emerged from a White House meeting with President Bush to discuss federal relief and recovery operations in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. "It is a bill that is needed, that is necessary, that reflects our commitment, our discipline, our focus on this natural catastrophe, this natural disaster, which in all likelihood is the worst we have seen in the last 100 years," he said.
The aid package comes on top of $10.5 billion lawmakers approved last week. The White House has signaled it likely will ask for additional money in the coming weeks, as the cost of recovery and rebuilding is estimated to be as high as 200 billion dollars.
Most of the new aid is to go to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, which many lawmakers, particularly Democrats, have criticized for being too slow to respond to the disaster.
Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid is among them. He says the aid package falls short of what is needed.
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