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Agricultural Disaster Assistance and Western States Emergency Unfinished Business Appropriations Act, 2007

Floor Speech

Date: May 10, 2007
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Agriculture and Food


AGRICULTURAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE AND WESTERN STATES EMERGENCY UNFINISHED BUSINESS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2007

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Ms. HOOLEY. Mr. Speaker, it is interesting that when we talk about Hurricane Katrina, a horrible disaster that affected hundreds of thousands of lives, left people homeless; we talk about the recent tornado or hurricane wiping away a city, people ask me, particularly those from the urban areas, why they should vote for this. What is in it for them?

Well, this is just as much a disaster, but it is a different kind of disaster. This has salmon money. We have fishermen who can no longer pay for their boat. They can't pay for their crew or housing, and they are hurting. That is what supplemental budgets are for.

We have rural schools laying off teachers, disappearing sheriff departments, rural roads not being able to be fixed. This is a bill that impacts every single person in this room. This is a disaster. That is what supplemental budgets are all about. Please vote ``yes.''

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