[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 27, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H393]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           REMEMBERING HAITI

  (Mr. HOLT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express the compassionate 
concern of Congress to those affected by the recent earthquake in 
Haiti, including thousands of American families of those missing and 
injured.
  My thoughts are especially with the Gianacaci family of Hopewell, New 
Jersey, at this time from the appropriately named town of Hopewell. 
Their daughter, Christine, a student of Lynn University, was doing 
service work in Haiti when the quake struck. I have assured the 
Gianacaci family that we will not rest until Christine and so many 
others are accounted for and returned to their loved ones.
  I pay a special tribute to the Fairfax County Search and Rescue Team 
which, like others, have been at the Hotel Montana site continuously 
for more than 2 weeks looking for Christine and other Americans 
believed to be at the hotel. Also, thanks must go to the Department of 
State and the many people in the 82nd Airborne, the Marine 
Expeditionary Group, the DOT, HHS, and other government personnel who 
reflect and carry out the compassionate concern of the American people 
who again demonstrate their core generosity.

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