[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19195]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        BILLIONS OF DOLLARS NEEDED TO RECOVER FROM HURRICANE IKE

  (Mr. AL GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Hurricane Ike came through Texas, 
landed near Houston. Much of the area in my State, especially in the 
Houston-Galveston area along the gulf coast, has been decimated. It 
will take billions of dollars for us to recover.
  We are asking that this House understands the needs of the people of 
Texas and the areas that have been devastated. We will have to lend 
some assistance to the areas that need our help at a most important 
time.
  For fear that someone may not understand, we are truly all in this 
together. Dr. King reminded us that life is an inescapable network of 
mutuality tied to a single garment of destiny. Whatever impacts one 
directly, impacts all indirectly.
  Though you may live in some far corner of the United States of 
America, there are earthquakes, there are fires, there are storms that 
will come into your life. We are all going to need some help at some 
point.
  So I am begging those of you who can, please understand that we have 
got to help Texans and Americans through this.

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