[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 28 (Thursday, March 6, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2005-S2006]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               DISASTERS

  Mr. DeWINE. Mr. President, as we speak, the flooding continues in 
Ohio and Kentucky and Indiana and West Virginia. Our hearts and prayers 
go out

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to all of those who are suffering and all those who are fighting back, 
trying to put their lives back in order.
  I see on the floor my colleague from Ohio and my colleague from 
Kentucky and my colleague from West Virginia. All are States, as well 
as Indiana, that have been hit very hard.
  The most heartening thing to see during a tragedy such as this is how 
people react. We have many organizations that are involved, but 
probably the biggest organization involved is not an organization at 
all, it is just Ohioans and Kentuckians and Hoosiers and people from 
West Virginia who are out there, helping their neighbors and helping 
their friends, and sometimes just helping people they do not know at 
all.
  It is the American spirit and is something that is a wonderful thing 
to behold.

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