[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 15957]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            DISASTER RELIEF

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, let me follow the remarks of my colleague 
from Minnesota, Senator Wellstone, and say as a cosponsor of this 
disaster relief that I have never voted against a proposal to help 
people in this country who have suffered a disaster. There are many 
kinds of disasters that people suffer, and in each and every case I 
have been pleased to be a part of this Congress to say to them you are 
not alone, the rest of the country wishes to help. It is an important 
thing to do.
  Disaster, in this case, is spelled in part of my State by a drought 
that is devastating. It means those who have invested their lives and 
fortunes to put seeds into the ground, hoping to raise a crop and to 
have some income with which to raise a family, have discovered that 
drought has killed their crop. There is nothing to harvest. There is 
nothing left. In other parts of the State, flooding has prevented 
fields from being planted. Yes, we ought to respond to this in a 
positive way.
  I support the efforts of Senators Daschle and Baucus and Johnson of 
South Dakota, Wellstone, and others, and I am happy to be a cosponsor 
of the bill.

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