PACIFIC JUNCTION, Iowa - Vice President Mike Pence toured the flooded region around Council Bluffs, and Mills County on Friday by helicopter. He also visited a farm which had seen the worst flooding ever.
The Vice President, joined by Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds and U.S. Senator Charles Grassley from Iowa, visited Dennis Lincoln’s Ridgeview Farm southwest of Pacific Junction. Roads leading to the farm were basically closed, but were cleaned up enough to allow the Vice President access.
He said funds to help Midwest flood victims were added to a disaster assistance bill considered on April 1st.
“Unfortunately it was blocked by Democrats in the United States Senate. Hopefully today by coming here today and telling the story again, of not what happened in Iowa, what is still happening in Iowa, we’ll see people set politics aside and come together, and give Iowa, Nebraska, the Midwest and all the states across this country the disaster assistance that you deserve.”
Democrats say they voted against the disaster bill because it failed to also help Puerto Rico, left with catastrophic damage from Hurricane Maria two years ago.
Farm owner Dennis Lincoln tells WHO Channel 13 the Vice President is personable and interested in their situation.
Pence met with Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts on Thursday night.