Press Conference with the House Democrats - The One-Year Anniversary of the Democrats' New Direction
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Press Conference with the House Democrats - The One-Year Anniversary of the Democrats' New Direction
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REP. CLYBURN: Good morning. I'm Jim Clyburn, and I'm pleased and honored to represent the 6th Congressional District of South Carolina and serve as the whip of the 110th Congress. (Applause.)
One of the most distinct ways we define our new majority and the meaning of a new direction was our response to our brothers and sisters along the Gulf Coast. All of America watched while Mother Nature devastated an entire region and our government failed to adequately respond. That could have been any one of our neighborhoods. It could have been a fire, wildfire in California, an earthquake, it could have been a tornado or it could have been a hurricane along South Carolina's coast. That could have been any one of our backyards.
And when such a thing happens, we look to people, not just our government, but to people. And it's people like Dr. Norman C. Francis who heard the call of his neighbors and rose to the challenge of helping his fellow citizens along the Gulf Coast recover and rebuild.
Dr. Francis has been recognized for his great service as chair of the Louisiana Recovery Authority with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. (Applause.) I would like to thank Dr. Francis or his friendship, and most of all, for his dedication to this country and to his friends and neighbors along the Gulf Coast.
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