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Bill Nelson: I do not think there was any person who lives on planet Earth, who saw the clip on CNN this morning of dying children in…

On the recordJanuary 22, 2010
I do not think there was any person who lives on planet Earth, who saw the clip on CNN this morning of dying children in Haiti, who did not have emotion overwhelm them, as my wife Grace and I, having been to Haiti many times. We saw the fact that children are dying in Haiti because they cannot get medicine and/ or cannot get medical supplies. It is an inexcusable and intolerable situation. If you hear emotion in my voice, you will understand that the Nelson office has been working on this crisis for over the past week since the earthquake hit because we have been talking to our doctors and we have so many of our Florida physicians who are down there doing heroic work. A lot of the work is being done by the University of Miami School of Medicine. A lot of it is being done with the coordinated efforts of Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, some of the children's hospitals in Florida.
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Bill Nelson
Democratic · Florida
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Jan 22, 2010

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The speaker addresses the humanitarian crisis in Haiti following the earthquake and efforts to provide medical assistance.

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