John Rice Carter: “I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I thank Dr. Dunn for the work that he has done, as well as my other…”

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I thank Dr. Dunn for the work that he has done, as well as my other colleagues, Representative Austin Scott, Representative Sanford Bishop, and Representative Martha Roby. All of these fine legislators have worked diligently on this, and I thank them for their efforts, as well as others. Madam Speaker, I have the honor and the privilege of representing the First Congressional District of Georgia. The First Congressional District of Georgia includes the entire coast of Georgia, over 100 miles of coastline. We have a lot to be thankful for, a lot to be proud of. We have two major seaports and four military installations, Moody Air Force Base, Kings Bay Naval Base, Fort Stewart, and Hunter Army Airfield. We have the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. We have two Coast Guard stations, one in Savannah and one in Brunswick. We have so much to be thankful for, but we also have a very strong agriculture community, particularly in the western portion of our district. It is very, very important. Madam Speaker, much of the State of Georgia is in need right now, and they can't wait any longer. In the First Congressional District of Georgia over the past few years, we have had hurricanes. We had Hurricane Matthew, Hurricane Irma, and Hurricane Michael. We have had fires. We had the West Mims Fire. We have had freezes and harsh freezing conditions that impacted our agriculture community.…”