[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 18]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 24732]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    CHAIRMAN HOWARD L. BERMAN'S MESSAGE OF SUPPORT TO THE PEOPLE OF 
           AMERICAN SAMOA IN AFTERMATH OF DEVASTATING TSUNAMI

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                       HON. ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA

                           of american samoa

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 13, 2009

  Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Madam Speaker, I submit the following message of 
support from Chairman Howard L. Berman of the House Committee on 
Foreign Affairs in response to the massive tsunami that struck American 
Samoa on Tuesday, September 29, 2009:

       I want to express my deepest condolences to the people of 
     American Samoa and Samoa who have suffered great losses from 
     the tsunami that swept the islands. The losses are 
     staggering. The sympathy of the Foreign Affairs Committee is 
     with our good friend and the chairman of the Subcommittee on 
     Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment, Eni 
     Faleomavaega, the delegate from American Samoa. We commend 
     him for his efforts and extend our fullest support during 
     this trying time.

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