Nick Smith said "I would like to call to all my colleagues' attention, to the attention of the American people, that this is not isolated to some other country; something that might happen someplace else. We have had serious earthquakes in the United States and will continue to have very serious earthquakes. The Loma Prieta earthquake was an estimated $6 billion worth of property loss in addition to human life. And of course the Northridge in 1994 was an estimated $40 billion loss of property as well as a great deal of damage to our physical health and well-being in California. It is a challenge. We have passed a bill this past year which is probably the most aggressive effort in giving us a better time frame to determine what we can do in that short time period to reduce the damage to human and physical property." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJanuary 31, 2001

I would like to call to all my colleagues' attention, to the attention of the American people, that this is not isolated to some other country; something that might happen someplace else. We have had serious earthquakes in the United States and will continue to have very serious earthquakes. The Loma Prieta earthquake was an estimated $6 billion worth of property loss in addition to human life. And of course the Northridge in 1994 was an estimated $40 billion loss of property as well as a great deal of damage to our physical health and well-being in California. It is a challenge. We have passed a bill this past year which is probably the most aggressive effort in giving us a better time frame to determine what we can do in that short time period to reduce the damage to human and physical property.

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Nick Smith

Republican · Michigan

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing earthquake preparedness and response during a resolution on international earthquake relief.

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