05/09/2000
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"I am going to view the flood damage to pledge our Nation's support to see that we are doing everything we can do to help them."
"We will do this retroactively from the moment that the counties were recognized as disaster areas."
"We need to try to design this aid package so that it gives maximum flexibility to people at the grassroots level."
"We have to deal with the longterm problems."