U.S. Senator Robert Menendez pushes for approval of the $60.4 billion Sandy Recovery package now being debated in the U.S. Congress. Menendez took to the floor of the house of the Senate in response to criticisms being leveled by some Republicans over elements of the emergency funding measure which has been proposed by the Obama Administration and supported by Governors Christie and Cuomo. Some seem to be questioning whether this emergency is worthy of a robust federal response. They say the cost to help families rebuild and recover is too much, that it should be reduced, that it’s not necessary, that in this emergency, unlike many other similar emergencies in the past, we should do something smaller and wait to do the rest later.