Political Quotes

“I rise in support of H.R. 3759 as reported by the Committee on Appropriations on February 1. This bill, as we know, provides urgently needed disaster relief to the people of Southern California. The bill also provides for the continued recovery from last year's midwestern floods, emergency funding for humanitarian assistance and peacekeeping activities and emergency funding for the continuing recovery from the Loma Prieta earthquake. Chapter IV of the bill includes $70 million, as requested by the President, for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which falls under the jurisdiction of my Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development of the Committee on Appropriations. These funds will be used by the corps to complete the repairs to the eligible levees within the Upper Mississippi River Basin that were damaged during the severe flooding that occurred in the region in 1993. If they are not completed and put back in shape, then, of course, the people are subject to additional floods in these areas.”