[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19644]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             ``GIT'R DONE''

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate and thank Texans that 
are helping our neighbors from across the Sabine River in Louisiana. 
The amazing hurricane relief efforts being organized in the State of 
Texas are a model for compassion, concern, and competence. The city of 
Houston, following the leadership of Mayor Bill White, is housing over 
40,000 individuals from New Orleans. The Houston Astrodome has been 
opened up under the supervision of Harris County Judge Robert Echols 
and is housing close to 20,000 people. Next door in Jefferson County 
under the direction of Judge Carl Griffith, they are housing more than 
1,800 people in their county complex. Altogether close to a quarter of 
a million displaced persons from Louisiana are being taken care of by 
Texas.
  Mr. Speaker, there are those who have done nothing in this disaster 
except criticize and complain. I instead rise to praise and encourage. 
I would like to thank Mayor White, Judge Echols, Judge Griffith, and 
the thousands of volunteers across the State of Texas for showing us 
what character and compassion are all about. I know they will continue 
to ``git'r done.''

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