[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 19738]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               FUNDING TO REBUILD AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, Katrina breaks my heart. When I consider its 
tragic aftermath, the ancient parable comes to mind: ``And the rains 
descended and the flood came and the winds blew and beat against the 
house and it fell with a great crash.''
  For most American families, when a tree falls on your house, you tend 
to the wounded, rebuild, and then figure out how you are going to pay 
for it. Later today Congress will continue funding the work of relief 
and recovery for Hurricane Katrina, and well we should, by speeding 
more than $50 billion to FEMA and other agencies.
  But as we tend to the wounded, as we begin to rebuild, let us also do 
what every other American family would do in like circumstances and 
expects this Congress to do: let us figure out how we are going to pay 
for it.
  Congress must ensure that a catastrophe of nature does not become a 
catastrophe of debt for our children and grandchildren.

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