[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 116 (Thursday, July 19, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H8125]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    COMMEMORATING CJ MARTIN'S BIRTHDAY AND IN SUPPORT OF CJ'S HOME 
                             PROTECTION ACT

  (Mr. ELLSWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ELLSWORTH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the birthday 
of CJ Martin. I say commemorate because he would celebrate his fourth 
birthday tomorrow. Instead, CJ was taken from his family and our 
community by a killer F-3 tornado that struck his great grandmother's 
home in Eastbrook manufactured housing community.
  CJ and the other 24 victims might have been saved had they only had a 
warning that they needed to protect themselves.
  Mr. Speaker, I was the sheriff of Vanderburgh County when this 
tornado hit. I saw firsthand the devastation that it caused and what 
severe weather can bring to the families and the communities that they 
touch. That experience resulted in my introduction of CJ's Home 
Protection Act, H.R. 2787.
  The bill simply requires manufactured homes to come equipped with 
life-saving NOAA weather radios. Like a smoke detector, these 
inexpensive devices can provide families with the warning they need to 
take action and protect themselves.
  Today, as we remember CJ's birthday, I encourage my colleagues to 
honor his life by cosponsoring this important public safety measure.

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