Political Quotes

“I ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid on the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res. 431) was agreed to. The preamble was agreed to. The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows: S. Res. 431 Whereas the massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Chile in the early hours of Saturday, February 27, 2010, has claimed approximately 800 lives, according to government officials of Chile, and the death toll is expected to continue to rise as assessments of the devastation continue; Whereas the earthquake hit most strongly in 6 central and south regions, from the capital, Santiago, and the nearby port of Valparaiso in central Chile, to the Bernardo O'Higgins, Maule, Bio Bio, and Araucania regions of the south; Whereas the regions most strongly hit are home to about 60 percent of the 17,000,000 inhabitants of Chile and account for approximately 70 percent of the gross domestic product of Chile; Whereas the earthquake generated some tsunami activity, in addition to the earthquake, and several hundred people were killed in the coastal towns of Constitucion and Talcahuano as a result; Whereas many of the villages in the Juan Fernandez archipelago were destroyed by tsunami activity; Whereas the earthquake left an estimated 2,000,000 people homeless and damaged more than 1,000,000 homes, \1/3\ of which may have to be demolished; Whereas the earthquake,…”