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




         HURRICANE KATRINA EXPOSES FAILURE OF FEDERAL POLICIES

  (Ms. McCOLLUM of Minnesota asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. McCOLLUM of Minnesota. Mr. Speaker, Hurricane Katrina has 
inflicted destruction, suffering and death on our Nation. The people of 
Mississippi and Louisiana have our prayers, and they deserve our 
Nation's full support. Our gratitude also goes out to the relief 
workers, law enforcement and military personnel who are helping, 
healing and saving lives.
  Now, as one Nation, Congress must act to provide the necessary 
relief, shelter, jobs, schools and hope our fellow citizens need to 
restart their lives. This is a long-term commitment, and these families 
must not be left behind.
  Katrina exposed the Federal policies that have neglected and 
abandoned our Nation's poor, elderly and disabled. Congress must 
address these shameful failures of the Federal Government's pathetic 
emergency response that left thousands of Americans vulnerable, exposed 
and abandoned.
  The American people and Katrina's victims deserve action and answers, 
and Congress has the obligation to deliver both.

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