[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19557]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 THANKING THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN PROVIDING RELIEF TO 
                    THE VICTIMS OF HURRICANE KATRINA

  (Mr. BURGESS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I wanted to take this minute and thank the 
people of my home State of Texas for opening their hearts and opening 
their State to their neighbors in Louisiana. Almost a quarter of a 
million residents from the State of Louisiana are now seeking shelter 
in the State of Texas.
  In my district in north Texas, truly an unbelievable story has 
unfolded. The Dallas County Medical Society sent out a fax last week to 
3,600 doctors and their membership; 800 members immediately sent back 
the response: Where do I show up and when?
  That group put together a response for the hurricane victims that is 
absolutely unprecedented in my experience in medicine. In my own 
district in north Texas, from Gainesville to Denton to Keller, to the 
City of Fort Worth, shelters have been set up, sometimes at a church, 
sometimes at a summer camp, sometimes at an old hospital, but these 
centers have provided the shelter and the comfort to the victims of 
this devastating hurricane. And hopefully, we will get them back on 
their way, get them the help they need and allow them to rebuild their 
lives.
  Mr. Speaker, I again want to thank the people of the great State of 
Texas for all that they have done to help their neighbors in Louisiana.

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