02/25/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"An overwhelming majority of those surveyed were happy with the United States Government's response. In fact, 96 percent approved what we had been doing."
"The unimaginable devastation caused by the earthquake and the ongoing aftershocks since January 12, 2010, is, as you pointed out, one of the worst natural disasters to confront the Western Hemisphere ..."
"Senator Lugar and I are introducing legislation today."
"We really need to get into this discussion very quickly, as to how we're going to emerge from this tragedy."