[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 124 (Wednesday, September 11, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H10180]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               TWIN DISASTERS HIT EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  (Mr. FUNDERBURK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FUNDERBURK. Mr. Speaker, I have just returned from the second 
district of North Carolina. The devastation to people, property, and 
crops is overwhelming. We are moving to assess the damage and provide 
relief to the human suffering caused by Hurricane Fran. I delivered a 
check to the American Red Cross from U.S. Tobacco to help alleviate the 
budgetary strain that Fran has placed on the Red Cross. Today, I am 
joining my colleagues from eastern North Carolina in introducing a 
bipartisan bill that will provide emergency appropriations to agencies 
that may run out of money due to the devastation from the hurricane and 
ongoing flooding.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the President for visiting eastern North 
Carolina this coming weekend to assess the damage on a first-hand 
basis. He will see the extent of the devastation from Hurricane Fran. 
Hopefully, he will stop to speak with the tobacco farmers in my 
district who have suffered a major blow from this natural disaster. But 
as Bill Clinton flies over the destruction to the people and property 
of North Carolina, he might ponder about the man-made disaster he 
helped create--FDA regulation of tobacco--and the devastation it will 
bring to the tobacco farmers in my district.

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