On the recordJuly 24, 1996
This week the Chicago region suffered a devastating flood throughout the entire Chicago metropolitan area, particularly in the south suburbs and the southwestern suburbs which I represent; in fact, affecting hundreds if not thousands of homes, millions if not multimillions of dollars' worth of damage affecting both homes and, of course, small businesses. Governor Edgar moved very quickly to declare a state of emergency in a number of the counties and, of course, has since requested from the President a disaster declaration on a Federal scale. As I pointed out earlier, hundreds if not thousands of homes are damaged and hundreds if not thousands of small businesses are now being surveyed for damage as a result of this high water and floods that devastated the Chicago metropolitan area. Particularly in Will and Cook Counties which I represent, we saw excessive damage.
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