Sam Brownback: “Mr. President, the reason I have come to the floor is not to talk about energy prices but to talk about what happened in…”

“Mr. President, the reason I have come to the floor is not to talk about energy prices but to talk about what happened in my State last night. We had devastating tornadoes. A series of tornadoes struck parts of our State and caused at least two deaths and a huge amount of damage in a swath 150 miles long. The counties of Ellsworth, Saline, Dickinson, Riley, Clay, Geary, Pottawatomie, and Jackson all suffered severe damage last night. The town of Chapman in Dickinson County, with a population of 1,400, appears to be the hardest hit. Initial estimates are 85 percent of the homes and businesses have received some damage, and up to 70 percent of the town may be destroyed. One person is reported dead in Chapman.”