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| Chris Christie praises 'indomitable spirit' of New Jersey after Sandy | Chris Christie praises 'indomitable spirit' of New Jersey after Sandy |
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| Proclaiming New Jerseyans "among the toughest, grittiest and most generous citizens in America," governor Chris Christie on Tuesday called on the nation to reciprocate with additional hurricane Sandy aid. | Proclaiming New Jerseyans "among the toughest, grittiest and most generous citizens in America," governor Chris Christie on Tuesday called on the nation to reciprocate with additional hurricane Sandy aid. |
| "We've waited 72 days, seven times longer than the victims of Katrina waited" for an aid package, Christie said in his state-of-the-state address at the capitol in Trenton. "One thing I think everyone understands is that New Jersey, Republicans and Democrats, will never stand silent when our citizens are being shortchanged." | "We've waited 72 days, seven times longer than the victims of Katrina waited" for an aid package, Christie said in his state-of-the-state address at the capitol in Trenton. "One thing I think everyone understands is that New Jersey, Republicans and Democrats, will never stand silent when our citizens are being shortchanged." |
| On Friday the House of Representatives passed a $9.7bn relief package to cover insurance claims by homeowners affected by Sandy, signed into law by President Barack Obama on Monday. The House is scheduled to take up a larger, $51bn aid package for New York and New Jersey when the legislature reconvenes on 15 January. | On Friday the House of Representatives passed a $9.7bn relief package to cover insurance claims by homeowners affected by Sandy, signed into law by President Barack Obama on Monday. The House is scheduled to take up a larger, $51bn aid package for New York and New Jersey when the legislature reconvenes on 15 January. |
| Christie, who has seen his approval rating jump 20 points to 73% in the months since the 29 October storm, opened his annual address by singling out citizens sitting in the gallery whose heroic acts saved lives after Sandy hit. | Christie, who has seen his approval rating jump 20 points to 73% in the months since the 29 October storm, opened his annual address by singling out citizens sitting in the gallery whose heroic acts saved lives after Sandy hit. |
| A nurse swam out of her flooded home, hitchhiked to the hospital where she worked and put in a 12-hour shift to help storm victims, Christie said. A couple put on wetsuits and jumped in a rowboat to rescue a parent. Then they went back to the area and saved more than 50 neighbors with their pets, he said. | A nurse swam out of her flooded home, hitchhiked to the hospital where she worked and put in a 12-hour shift to help storm victims, Christie said. A couple put on wetsuits and jumped in a rowboat to rescue a parent. Then they went back to the area and saved more than 50 neighbors with their pets, he said. |
| "I want to thank them for saving lives and making a difference," Christie said to loud applause. | "I want to thank them for saving lives and making a difference," Christie said to loud applause. |
| Hurricane Sandy ravaged the New Jersey coastline, killing at least 24 people in the state, washing away entire towns and leaving 41,000 residents without a home. Damage in the state has been estimated in the tens of billions. | Hurricane Sandy ravaged the New Jersey coastline, killing at least 24 people in the state, washing away entire towns and leaving 41,000 residents without a home. Damage in the state has been estimated in the tens of billions. |
| As he did in a pugnacious news conference last week after the House postponed voting on Sandy aid, Christie repeatedly called for a "quick and clean" aid bill "now, next week". | As he did in a pugnacious news conference last week after the House postponed voting on Sandy aid, Christie repeatedly called for a "quick and clean" aid bill "now, next week". |
| "Some things are above politics," Christie said. "Sandy was and is one of those things." | "Some things are above politics," Christie said. "Sandy was and is one of those things." |
| The governor faces re-election next year, and the whisper campaign behind a Christie presidential run in 2016 started well before the recent national election. At times, Christie sounded unmistakably like a candidate. | The governor faces re-election next year, and the whisper campaign behind a Christie presidential run in 2016 started well before the recent national election. At times, Christie sounded unmistakably like a candidate. |
| "I stood at the spot where the Atlantic Ocean flowed into the bay, where route 35 once carried thousands of cars," he said of the Sandy aftermath. "Now, merely 10 weeks after our state's worst storm, you see a permanent route 35 already being rebuilt. That's what an effective government can do, that's what a determined people can do, and that's how we will lead New Jersey in the months and years ahead." | "I stood at the spot where the Atlantic Ocean flowed into the bay, where route 35 once carried thousands of cars," he said of the Sandy aftermath. "Now, merely 10 weeks after our state's worst storm, you see a permanent route 35 already being rebuilt. That's what an effective government can do, that's what a determined people can do, and that's how we will lead New Jersey in the months and years ahead." |
| Christie said "the indomitable spirit of this great state" would see New Jersey through. | Christie said "the indomitable spirit of this great state" would see New Jersey through. |
| "There's plenty of evidence that New Jersey will not let [the storm] stop our turnaround," he said. | "There's plenty of evidence that New Jersey will not let [the storm] stop our turnaround," he said. |
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