George Bush actually said...

I would ask for those of you in the State to—who are in safe places now, not to hurry back to a city like Houston and let these highways flow the necessary goods and services to the people in deep east Texas who have been affected.

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Remarks at the Texas Emergency Operations Center in Austin

09/23/2005

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