[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5089-5090]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                        SUPPORT THE RESTORE ACT

  (Mr. PALAZZO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PALAZZO. Mr. Speaker, 2 years ago this Friday, the Deepwater 
Horizon explosion took the lives of 11 Americans, including four 
Mississippians, and caused an oil spill of epic proportions. For 86 
days, millions of barrels of oil gushed into the waters of the Gulf of 
Mexico, washed up on gulf coast beaches, and threatened the ecosystems 
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the economic stability of an entire region of the country.
  The images of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, wildlife coated in 
crude, and tar balls washing up on beaches have long vanished from the 
national media spotlight, but the spill left lasting effects on the 
lives of gulf coast residents and businesses.
  I ask my colleagues to take a moment this week to pause to remember 
the lives lost and the millions affected by this tragedy. I urge them 
to show their support once more to all those affected by the single 
largest manmade disaster in our history by voting ``yes'' for today's 
bill.
  Restoring and replenishing the gulf coast is more than just a 
responsible decision; it's the right thing to do.

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