On the recordJanuary 11, 1995
I thought it might be in order to give a very brief status report on the condition of the flooding in the State of California. It is a strange and altogether tragic irony that just about 1 year ago southern California was hit by wildfire and then the shattering Northridge earthquake. The 1-year anniversary of the Northridge earthquake will be this coming Tuesday, January 17. As we evaluate the recovery and expenditure of nearly $11 billion of Federal funding that has been committed to disaster relief in that earthquake, record levels of rain are falling in California and have been since late last week, flooding rivers, washing out roads, causing mud slides, knocking out electricity and water supplies, and affecting the lives of hundreds of thousands of people throughout the State. So I rise today, Mr. President, to give a brief status report on that record rainfall and flooding.
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