Political Quotes

“I would ask to draw the House's attention to a terrible disaster that occurred in Alabama and Georgia on Sunday, March 3. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, we had an F-4 tornado with winds exceeding 170 miles per hour touch down in Alabama and stay on the ground a mile wide. For the next 70 miles, it plowed through Alabama and into Georgia. This tornado took the lives of 23 innocent Alabamians and injured 90 people. It destroyed, just in Alabama alone, more than 120 homes, and then went into Georgia and did enormous property damage. It is my hope that we, first of all, take note of the fact that the first responders in both of our States did an exemplary job in the search and rescue during the first 2 days following the storm trying to find all those who had been lost and, since then, in the recovery mode. The money and attention that this country and this Congress have invested in our first responders having the training and equipment they need to deal with these disasters, whether they are man-made or natural, was demonstrated again in this horrible disaster. At this time, Madam Speaker, I would like to ask a moment of silence for us to ask God's grace and blessings on these families as they try to recover from this horrible disaster. ____________________”