[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 51 (Friday, March 23, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H3015]
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CORRECTION TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD OF WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2007 AT 
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  Ms. WATERS. I yield to the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Taylor) 
for 2 minutes.
  Mr. TAYLOR. First let me tell the gentleman from Georgia I appreciate 
him trying to save some money. I think his efforts, though, are a year 
late. If you want to look for Katrina fraud, look for Katrina fraud 
that was perpetrated by the Bush administration.
  In south Mississippi we had 40,000 people at one point living in FEMA 
trailers. We are grateful for every one of them, but those trailers 
were delivered by a friend of the President, Riley Bechtel, a major 
contributor to the Bush administration. He got $16,000 to haul a 
trailer the last 70 miles from Purvis, Mississippi down to the gulf 
coast, hook it up to a garden hose, hook it up to a sewer tap and plug 
it in; $16,000.
  So the gentleman never came to the floor once last year to talk about 
that fraud. But now little towns like Waveland, Bay Saint Louis, Pas 
Christian, that have no tax base because their stores were destroyed in 
the storm, a county like Hancock County where 90 percent of the 
residents lost everything, or at least substantial damage to their 
home, he wants to punish Bay Saint Louis, he wants to punish Waveland, 
he wants to punish Pas Christian.
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                  announcement by the acting chairman

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Chair would ask Members to address their 
remarks to the Chair.
  Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I would inquire as to whether or 
not those words are eligible to be taken down.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Chair cannot render an advisory opinion on 
that point.
  Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I demand that his words be taken 
down.

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