House Proceeding 03-18-09 on Mar 18th, 2009 :: 1:32:20 to 1:34:30
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David Loebsack: in june, 2008, iowa was overcome by severe flooding.

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Speech By: David Roe

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David Roe: as my colleagues know, 85 of iowa's 99 counties were declared presidential disaster areas and the second district, which i represent, sustained the greatest damage. thousands of homes and businesses were destroyed, families were displaced, and the devastation was indescribable. needless to say, we are still

1:32:42 to 1:33:03( Edit History Discussion )

David Roe: struggling to get back on our feet. . in the initial day of the floods we had many problems. among them was coordination of the grps. several major corporations were involved in various efforts to recruit and deploy volunteers, but there was no centralized

1:33:04 to 1:33:25( Edit History Discussion )

David Roe: location and point of contact. in late june, united way of eastern iowa formed a partnership with community corrections improvement association and the iowa commission on volunteer service and americorps. together they created the east central iowa volunteereception center to organize and coordinate volunteer responses to the disasters.

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David Roe: americorps vista team members working with the united way and the iowa commission staff opened the volunteerenter within three weeks of the flood's crest. and began taking calls from both volunteers and those who needed volunteer help. americorps members have helped coordinate over 800,000 volunteer hours through eight

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David Roe: volunteer reception centers. iowa would not have made the progress it has made in the wake of disasters without volunteers, and iowa is not alone. across this country, states are faced with growing unmet public needs which can be better addressed by leveraging the work of volunteers. and i might just say as we speak we have over 600 student

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David Roe: volunteers from universities from all over the country taking time their spring break us continue our work in iowa. this amendment is the missing link in the current set of strategies that e corporation for national and community enabling all americans to make a contribution through service. a modest, critical federal