[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5492]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        EXPLOSION IN WEST, TEXAS

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, there was a new tragedy during the night, 
and our thoughts are with the people of West, TX. Our thoughts are with 
all of Texas in the wake of a terrible explosion of a fertilizer 
factory in the town, as I have indicated, of West, just outside of 
Waco. The extent is being estimated at this time--5 to 15 dead, a 
couple hundred who were injured.
  But I am troubled and feel so badly about those who were hurt. They 
were working. They were sleeping. They were having dinner. I offer my 
condolences to those who lost loved ones and those who have people who 
were injured.
  We will continue to follow the news from Texas as it develops today. 
I am going to do everything I can with my colleagues to ensure that 
this terrible tragedy has the resources of the Federal Government 
available to help the people of that city as they recover from this 
tragedy.

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