House Proceeding 06-17-08 on Jun 17th, 2008 :: 0:01:17 to 0:04:09
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Speech By: Daniel Coughlin

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Daniel Coughlin: and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance today will be led by the gentleman from iowa, congressman

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Leonard L. Boswell: boswell. mr. boswell: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for

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Speech By: Leonard L. Boswell

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Leonard L. Boswell: all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from iowa rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker

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Leonard L. Boswell: pro tempore: without objection. mr. boswell: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. today i come to share with you that iowans are in long trouble. we have extensive

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Leonard L. Boswell: flooding we have seen in our part of the country. it's devastating. since i last saw you last, i spent hours and hours with the united way, red cross, civic leaders from the cities, counties,

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Leonard L. Boswell: state and emergency operators. it's really tough. we've experienced that before in this nation. and in our pledge we said indivisible. and we are. and this country will stand behind us, we know that

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Leonard L. Boswell: and we look forward to that possibility. i flied in on an airplane. i spent saturday afternoon with one of my staff flying over various cities and a lot of them were tough. when i flew down over cedar

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Leonard L. Boswell: rapids and looked down the homes and businesses and the devastation, roads out, bridges, etc., over iowa city university with a lot of flooded buildings and so on and then back up the des moines

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Leonard L. Boswell: river, it looked liker, a big lake. a lot of cropland is ruined. we are maybe 17% or more and will not produce this year. so we need to the help of the country, we need the help from this congress.

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Leonard L. Boswell: i salute the people of iowa for coming together. t they've come together with determination. i asked one lady in emerging operation -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired.

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Leonard L. Boswell: mr. boswell: i said, how are you doing? she said, we're look family. we pull together. we are going to do this but we are going to have to have some help. i would hope that, madam speaker --

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Leonard L. Boswell: mr. speaker, today we will be ready to help iowa and other states out there that are in dire need of help at this time. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has expired.

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Leonard L. Boswell: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina rise? -- the gentlewoman from north carolina rise? ms. foxx: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without

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Virginia Foxx: objection. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to a pillar of the ashe county community, jane cadell. most of the fifth district of north carolina is a rural landscape and beautiful,

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Speech By: Virginia Foxx