[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7270]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        THANKING STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES FOR TORNADO RESPONSE

  (Mr. BUTTERFIELD asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I rise to again thank all of the 
agencies, both State and Federal, that have responded to the 
devastation caused by the April 16 tornados in my district in eastern 
North Carolina. Their response has been effective, and we are on the 
road to recovery.
  I also thank President Obama for his quick response in issuing his 
Presidential declaration declaring these areas a disaster. One of my 
constituents called it Obamacare. I choose to call it Presidential 
leadership.
  As we go back to our districts today, I urge my colleagues to listen 
to the demands of the American people that we work together in a 
bipartisan manner to meet the great challenges of our day. We will 
never get the Federal budget in balance until Democratic and Republican 
leaders sit together, reconcile their differences, and take bold steps.
  I urge my colleagues to stop telling their constituents that we will 
balance the budget by simply cutting non-defense discretionary 
spending. That is doing a disservice to your constituents and to mine.
  Please have a productive work period. Let's return on May 23 and 
begin that process.

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