[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 15]
[House]
[Pages 20176-20177]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                       EXTRAORDINARY COAST GUARD

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, there are so many success stories that are 
going on around Katrina and yet we always dwell on things that are not 
so successful, but I want to talk about the Coast Guard and some of the 
great things that the United States Coast Guard has done in the Gulf 
area.
  They have rescued 33,000 lives and evacuated another 9,400 from local 
hospitals. They delivered tons of food and water to survivors. They 
have responded to over 650 spills of oil, gas and other hazardous 
material. They have repaired and replaced several hundred

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aids to navigation to get ports and waterways reopened to oil, gas and 
commerce. They brought in over 3,300 servicemen and women and called up 
another 800 reservists to undertake response operations. And they have 
moved over 75 aircraft, 25 cutters, 110 small boats into the disaster 
area to execute and search and rescue.
  Their environmental cleanup has been probably the first that has 
taken place of any government agency. I commend the United States Coast 
Guard and wish them the best. Keep up the good work.

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