[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15162]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            HURRICANE SANDY

  (Mr. COURTNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. COURTNEY. Mr. Speaker, on October 29, Hurricane Sandy--a 1,000-
mile-wide storm--struck the northeastern portion of America, including 
the State of Connecticut. Ninety-mile-an-hour winds arrived at 9 
o'clock that night, coinciding with high tide, flooding communities 
from Stonington all the way to Madison in eastern Connecticut, knocking 
out power, destroying property--leaving a wake of destruction in its 
path.
  First responders from Stonington--like George Brennan, the fire chief 
in New London; like Ron Samuel, the fire marshal in Madison, 
Connecticut; like Sam DeBurra, and many, many others--rose to the 
challenge to save lives and to protect human life from one end to the 
other. There were first selectman and mayors--like Paul Formica from 
the town of East Lyme, where a regional emergency shelter was put into 
operation--who worked to restore power. Again, teamwork. The volunteers 
at the Red Cross and the Salvation Army came together and had one 
mission, which was to save lives and restore the region.
  We need to follow that example here in Congress as we face the 
challenges that confront this Nation over the next 7 weeks. Thank you 
to all of those leaders who again rose to the challenge of a historic 
storm--bigger than in 1938. Let's follow their example to advance the 
interests of our Nation.

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