Houston Chronicle
Letter from Catholics implores Congress not to cut essential services to pay for recovery
By TARA DOOLEY
Calling the task of recovering after hurricanes Katrina and Rita "an important sign of what kind of nation we are and wish to be," American Roman Catholic leaders have called on Congress to make principled, compassionate and bipartisan decisions as they rebuild the Gulf Coast.
In a letter co-signed by Galveston-Houston Archbishop Joseph A. Fiorenza, a task force of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops urged lawmakers not to divert money from the poor as they seek to fund programs for hurricane recovery.
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"It would be wrong to cut essential food, housing and health care for the poor while the rest of us make no real sacrifice and, in fact, benefit from recent tax cuts," the letter states.
"The efforts of those motivated by compassion and charity in responding to the hurricanes' devastation, while essential, cannot take the place of a strong federal commitment to just public policies and wise public investment," the letter states.
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