On the recordMay 22, 1997
Thank you, Mr. Leader. I am striving to be polite, but I am not patient. I am frustrated, as I think most Members of the 33 States that have been affected by disasters are. I appreciate the tremendous work done by the two Representatives from the Dakotas, and I know we all appreciate your returning to your family home and the efforts that have been made in the more immediate Grand Forks crisis. But there are a number of States, Ohio and Kentucky, the Pacific Northwest, California. The district that I represent and several around it, were impacted with $2 billion in losses. I would like to hear from the gentleman from Louisiana [Mr. Livingston], the chairman of the committee, why we cannot pass what he described in our debate earlier today as a short-term, temporary, partial distribution of flood-related funds. It seemed to me a proper compromise.
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