Water Resources Development Act of 2018

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Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Chair, I thank all of my colleagues who have been associated with this amendment.

Mr. Chair, this has been a bipartisan effort. Mr. Culberson and I have worked together not only on this effort, but also to serve people.

We do have people who are still living in temporary shelter in Houston and we have people who are still awaiting FEMA's assistance. With some 4.7 million people in the area having been impacted, it is exceedingly important that this amendment be adopted.

Mr. Chair, I am appreciative that the chairman has indicated his support of it, and I thank Mr. Culberson, Mr. McCaul, and other colleagues for bringing this amendment to the floor.

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Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding.

Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the amendment by Mr. Olson. It is a bipartisan effort. But it is also an effort to save lives, because in 2015 with the Memorial Day flood we had 7 people lose their lives; and, in 2016, with the tax day flood, we had 8 people lose their lives; and, of course, Hurricane Harvey claimed 68 lives across the State of Texas.

This is not only about dollars and cents, it is about saving lives, and I encourage my colleagues to support it.

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