[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 13, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H109]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          CONCERN FOR THOSE MISSING IN THE HAITIAN EARTHQUAKE

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I want to join my colleagues, 
so many of whom I have heard discussing on the floor of the House the 
overwhelming tragedy, the catastrophic incident that has occurred in 
our neighboring country of Haiti. But I particularly want to offer my 
deepest sympathy to my constituents, my Haitian American constituents 
in Houston, Texas, many of whom are suffering because their relatives 
are in Haiti, and they cannot find them.
  I wanted to acknowledge a delegation of Rotary Club members from 
Houston, Texas, who came to Haiti just yesterday, and their family 
members are expressing concern for their location and status. It makes 
it relevant to know that this hurricane-like earthquake is the largest 
earthquake that we've seen in the Western Hemisphere over the last 
number of years. We know that all resources have to be pointed toward 
Haiti. To the United Nations, for the losses they are experiencing, my 
sympathy. To the Haitian Government, my sympathy. And my commitment is 
that you will never walk alone. We will stand with you in this battle 
to recover Haiti.

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