[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6384]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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               THE CHILDREN'S HOME PROTECTION ACT OF 2011

  (Mr. BACHUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BACHUS. I just returned from my home State of Alabama, where we 
have lost over 250 of our citizens. The loss of life would have been 
much greater had NOAA and Dr. Jane Lubchenco and her wonderful staff 
not given us an early warning. But some of our storms hit at night, and 
people were unaware of it.
  I am joining several of my colleagues today to reintroduce 
legislation that Brad Ellsworth and I have introduced in the last two 
Congresses, to have weather radios installed in manufactured housing. 
This would save many lives. One of the advocates of this lost her 2-
year-old child. The Senate has not passed this legislation, but we are 
going to try again this year, and if we are successful, we will save 
lives.
  The cost of these radios is less than $10, but the cost of not having 
them, as we found out this weekend in Alabama, is the loss of many 
lives.

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