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Speaking of incredible waste!!!

Lawmakers question $192 million deal between Carnival Cruise Lines and FEMA


Miami, Florida - U.S. lawmakers are requesting documents from a $192 million dollar deal that would allow Hurricane Katrina evacuees
to be housed in three luxury cruise liners.

The deal is between the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Carnival Cruise Lines.

Republican Representative Marilyn Musgrave from Colorado plans to order a Congressional investigation into the September second
deal. Democratic Representative Henry Waxman from California is requesting a copy of Carnival's contract and documentation
supporting its cost from.

The Navy's Military Sealift Command negotiated the contract for FEMA. It promises Carnival $192 million dollars for the use of three ships through February. It also agrees to reimburse Carnival $44 million dollars for fuel and other costs.

FEMA could house about 71-hundred people who lost their homes in Katrina on the three ships. But many of them would not be able to afford it. It's costing $20,00 a month to house a family of five.