[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 172 (Tuesday, January 1, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H7562]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HURRICANE SANDY RELIEF

  (Mr. RICHMOND asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. RICHMOND. Mr. Speaker, I'm from New Orleans, and we weren't 
affected by Sandy. But we were great beneficiaries of this body coming 
together after Katrina and Rita to help us in a time of our greatest 
need. And it's appalling that this House can't come together when we 
have so many Americans in need.
  One of the mottos of our service is ``no man left behind.'' Well, 
tonight, Mr. Speaker, you are leaving millions of children, fathers, 
and mothers behind in the cold. And as we took one step closer to 
financial solvency and averted a national bankruptcy today, we just 
took one humongous leap towards a moral bankruptcy.
  This House can't justify to ourselves, to our neighbors, to our 
pastors and to our priests that the actions we're taking today are 
right and that they follow in the motto of this great country.
  Today is a very shameful day; but more than being shameful, the fact 
that we are not addressing the needs of the Sandy victims is not just 
shameful. It's sinful.

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