[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 8648]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           KATRINA SURVIVORS

  (Ms. McKINNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. McKINNEY. Mr. Speaker, after evicting all Katrina survivors in 
temporary housing on March 15, FEMA has now announced that 55,000 
families will lose their emergency housing assistance as of May 31.
  Tens of thousands of these families are being told they are 
ineligible for further assistance because of FEMA's onerous and 
discriminatory rules.
  Is this how we treat people who have lost everything?
  Where do we expect families who have lost their homes, their jobs, 
even their city, to turn without housing assistance?
  Nearly 9 months have passed since Hurricane Katrina hit. If FEMA 
can't help these families reclaim their lives, then Congress has to 
act.
  Literally dozens of Katrina bills are still languishing in 
committees, including H.R. 4197, the most comprehensive relief package 
offered to date.
  I urge my colleagues to pass H.R. 4197 in support of Katrina's 
survivors.

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