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Emerson Etheridge: “I want to express again my appreciation to our friends in North Carolina at the Emergency Management. I was there on…”

On the recordOctober 1, 2003
I want to express again my appreciation to our friends in North Carolina at the Emergency Management. I was there on Wednesday evening late, and again Thursday morning for the briefings, and I would encourage my colleagues in the Congress, if you have not been to visit the folks, you ought to go by and visit them.
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Emerson Etheridge
Ind. Republican-Democrat · Tennessee

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Expressing appreciation for emergency management efforts in North Carolina after Hurricane Floyd.

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