[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6720]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               REMEMBERING THOSE LOST IN THE APRIL STORMS

  (Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring 
everyone's attention to the extraordinarily destructive storms that 
have raged throughout the South and particularly in my home State of 
Arkansas. In my home State, we have seen flooding and tornado damage 
wreak havoc on local communities. We have seen the lives of our loved 
ones tragically taken before their time.
  Last week, I personally surveyed the damage in central Arkansas in my 
district. In the little town of Vilonia, a town north of Little Rock, 
70 homes were destroyed and an additional 50 were damaged. I toured 
Little Rock Air Force Base and saw the damage to structures there and 
the damage to our C-130s that are so important to our national 
security. In Hot Springs Village, I saw the damage left in the wake of 
the latest round of the storms that claimed the life of an 8-month-old 
boy there. He is one of the 22 Arkansans killed by the storms in April.
  I ask my colleagues and all Americans listening today to keep the 
families affected by this tragedy in their thoughts and prayers.

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