Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick: “I want to thank them on their speediness. I know $2 billion has already been appropriated. This allows another $10…”

“I want to thank them on their speediness. I know $2 billion has already been appropriated. This allows another $10 billion, not near enough, but it is certainly a start. Florida very definitely must be helped. The residents there have shown that they are true patriots and Americans, and yes, they need the help. Also, the countries in the Caribbean, I thank my colleagues for the $100 million, and it is most important that we help our neighbors in this time of devastation. Whole countries have been devastated, 80 percent of some of their housing, their schools, their hospitals. This will begin to help them, and I thank my colleagues for that. It is not enough, but it is a start, and I hope we will continue to work on it. There is much more to be done in the Caribbean, in Florida, and as was mentioned, I am sure this Congress will be there. In Darfur, as has been mentioned, in the Sudan, they, too, are in a crisis. People are dying every day, Mr. Chairman. We need to help them. The President has declared a genocide. The Secretary of State has declared a genocide. We need to help them. I call on the World Bank and the Inter-Development Bank to forgive the loans of those Caribbean nations, to offer grants for those nations.”