House Proceeding 04-28-09 on Apr 28th, 2009 :: 2:21:50 to 2:24:00
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Dan Burton: view with its and help them improve disaster mitigation techniques. colleagues to support this very important and necessary and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana rise? mr. burton: i yield myself such

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Speech By: Dan Burton

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Dan Burton: the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. burton: i want to thank my colleague from georgia, david scott, for co-sponsoring this resolution. i think everybody in this body is very concerned about the tragedies that befall human beings here and around the world. as my colleague said this past january two significant natural disasters wreaked havoc on the

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Dan Burton: central american nations of costa rica and guatemala and took a terrible and destructive toll on people in these communities. in guatemala as coffee workers were returning from long days of work, thousands of tons of mud and rock fell on the lan slide. as a result -- landslide. as a result of this catastrophe the nation mourned the deaths of

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Dan Burton: as many as 36, well over 60 are still missing. only four days later a 6.1 magnitude earthquake shook the capital region of costa rica resulting in the destruction of over 500 homes and deaths of at least 20. i join my colleagues today to express my sincere sympathy and our sincere sympathy in support to our latin american friends

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Dan Burton: who have suffered as a result o these disasters. i'd like to commend the courage and perseverance of the costa rican and guatemalan government along with the private citizens and relief organizations who work tirelessly in the rescue effort. the prompt humanitarian response carried out in the aftermath of these disasters clearly contributed to the ability of these nations to overcome the

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Dan Burton: damage wrought by these two tragedies. as i said before i'd like to thank mr. scott for co-sponsoring this and thank our chairman, mr. berman, and our ranking member, ileana ros-lehtinen of florida, for helping to move this important resolution to the floor. and again we extend our heartfelt condolences to guatemalan and costa rican people anti-family and friends

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Dan Burton: of those who suffered as a result of these horrible