Hurricane Sandy Relief: Andrew Cuomo, Chris Christie Slam Lawmakers For Delayed Action

Christie, Cuomo Slam 'Inexcusable' Action
NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 11: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (L) and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo walk after seeing Hector Garcia (2R) as he watches over his wife Carmen as she hugs the inscribed name of her daughter Marilyn who was killed in the north tower of the WTC during observances for the eleventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks on lower Manhattan at the World Trade Center site September 11, 2012 in New York City. The nation is commemorating the eleventh anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks which resulted in the deaths of nearly 3,000 people after two hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia and one crash landed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Chris Pedota-Pool/Getty Images)
NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 11: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (L) and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo walk after seeing Hector Garcia (2R) as he watches over his wife Carmen as she hugs the inscribed name of her daughter Marilyn who was killed in the north tower of the WTC during observances for the eleventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks on lower Manhattan at the World Trade Center site September 11, 2012 in New York City. The nation is commemorating the eleventh anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks which resulted in the deaths of nearly 3,000 people after two hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia and one crash landed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Chris Pedota-Pool/Getty Images)

Jan 2 (Reuters) - Governors Chris Christie of New Jersey and Andrew Cuomo of New York excoriated the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday for delaying action on a $60.4 billion Superstorm Sandy disaster aid bill, according to a joint statement.

Lawmakers ended their session on Tuesday night without voting on the measure, a move that Cuomo and Christie said was a "dereliction of duty."

"This continued inaction and indifference ... is inexcusable," the governors said. Some residents are still without jobs, homes and heat more than two months after the storm made landfall.

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