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Billions of Dollars Needed to Recover from Hurricane Ike

By: Al Green
By: Al Green
Date: Sept. 16, 2008
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: National Security Industries


BILLIONS OF DOLLARS NEEDED TO RECOVER FROM HURRICANE IKE -- (House of Representatives - September 16, 2008)

Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Hurricane Ike came through Texas, landed near Houston. Much of the area in my State, especially in the Houston-Galveston area along the gulf coast, has been decimated. It will take billions of dollars for us to recover.

We are asking that this House understands the needs of the people of Texas and the areas that have been devastated. We will have to lend some assistance to the areas that need our help at a most important time.

For fear that someone may not understand, we are truly all in this together. Dr. King reminded us that life is an inescapable network of mutuality tied to a single garment of destiny. Whatever impacts one directly, impacts all indirectly.

Though you may live in some far corner of the United States of America, there are earthquakes, there are fires, there are storms that will come into your life. We are all going to need some help at some point.

So I am begging those of you who can, please understand that we have got to help Texans and Americans through this.


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