[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 148 (Wednesday, October 27, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H10864]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            HURRICANE FLOYD

  (Mrs. CLAYTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. CLAYTON. Mr. Speaker, the cameras have gone, the news stories 
have ended, but for the people of eastern North Carolina, the misery 
and the suffering as a result of Hurricane Floyd is just beginning. The 
lives of thousands have been disturbed, disrupted and disordered. More 
than anything, what is now needed is help and hope for those storm-torn 
communities.
  We expect to provide some of that help on Saturday, November 6. On 
that day, buses will be leaving Capitol Hill for a morning and 
afternoon of cleanup and an evening rally. We will help our fellow 
citizens prepare their homes and their communities for rebuilding, and 
we will join later then to urge them to hold on, to have a sense of 
hope. I invite my colleagues to go, to get on the bus with us. And if 
my colleagues are willing to lend their hands, their hearts and their 
support, I kindly request that they call my office, and I will be glad 
to provide them the information.

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