04/28/2009
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"This event covered 24 States and saw a confluence of climate I don't think we have ever seen before."
"Isn't there something we can do about that? I mean, I can understand that people who have lived in an area all their lives, they can't possibly imagine not living there."
"I am still not convinced that Governors don't have authority, perhaps with their legislators, to keep from smacking us in the face with more liability."
"Your decision to leave your service here in the Senate leaves for the District of Columbia a hole in our heart and a big hole in the chair where you sit."