[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7729]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        CYCLONE DEATHS IN BURMA

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, my prayers go out to the families of 
those killed in Burma in this past weekend's natural disaster. Initial 
estimates reported the cyclone killed more than 22,000 people and tens 
of thousands more are missing.
  Yesterday, First Lady Laura Bush announced that the United States is 
prepared to provide assistance and supplies to Burma, but at this time 
the Government has not accepted our offer.
  I urge the Burmese Government to move quickly and accept the offer of 
the American people and act in the best interests of the population.

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