[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2276]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                     NOMINATION OF JOSEPH ALLBAUGH

  Mr. GRAHAM. Mr. President, on February 15, 2001 the Senate voted 91-0 
to confirm Mr. Joseph Allbaugh to be Director of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency. I was absent from this vote due to a pre-scheduled 
surgery that afternoon. Had I been in the Chamber on February 15, I 
would have voted for Mr. Allbaugh, and my vote would not have affected 
the outcome on this unanimous demonstration of support for this 
confirmation. I look forward to working with Mr. Allbaugh at his post 
at FEMA. This agency is the critical link in the ability of our 
communities to prepare for and recover from natural disasters which 
inevitably strike our nation.

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