[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 26555]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    VICTIMIZING THE VICTIMS (AGAIN)

  (Mr. DOGGETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, the Bush Administration's inability to deal 
with natural disasters was demonstrated once again yesterday when the 
President's buddies at FEMA sent Thanksgiving greetings to the Katrina 
victims: ``Hit the streets in two weeks.'' The same ``compassionate 
conservatism'' demonstrated during the botched rescue is now being 
repeated in the aftermath.
  In addition to victimizing the victims again, this will leave cities 
across Texas with a sudden increase in the homeless population; cities 
like Austin that are still owed over $2 million in what the Federal 
Government promised to pay for the Katrina disaster. While giving 
evacuees only two weeks to leave, FEMA took three weeks to issue the 
October 24 press announcement.
  Mr. President, I understand your desperation for the distraction 
offered by foreign travel, but is it not time for you to get home and 
address one of the many failures of this Administration for Americans?

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