[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8905]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE PEOPLE OF SICHUAN PROVINCE, CHINA

  (Mr. WU asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. WU. Madam Speaker, yesterday, at 2:28 p.m. local time, a massive 
earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale struck Sichuan Province 
in southwest China. Tragically, the death toll is now estimated in 
excess of 12,000 people, and it may rise.
  There are thousands of people injured and thousands more remain 
trapped beneath rubble. Especially tragic are the hundreds, and, 
perhaps over 1,000, school children who are trapped beneath their 
collapsed schools.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in observing a moment of silence to 
express our deep sympathy for those affected by yesterday's earthquake 
in China.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members will rise for a moment of silence.

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