House Proceeding 10-29-07 on Oct 29th, 2007 :: 2:16:21 to 2:20:10
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in any other community in our country, if it does, these c hanges are meaningful, not only to the people who engage in the service but to the communities who likewise support and help in

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Charlie Melancon: this most dire of recovery circumstances and i certainly join with my colleague, mr. boustany, in urging the house to favorably consider and adopt this important ress loselusion and i yield

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Speech By: Charlie Melancon

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Charlie Melancon: back. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from d.c. ms. norton: i'm pleased to yield to the gentleman from louisiana, mr. mali con, such time as he -- mallyson, such time as he may consume.

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Charlie Melancon: the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from louisiana is heard. mr. mali con: thank you -- mallecon: thank you, ms. norton, for moving this piece of legislation forward. i also want to commend

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Charlie Melancon: my colleagues and friends from louisiana who understand fully also miss holmes norton it -- ms. holmes norton and others have been great help to the folks of louisiana and mississippi

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Charlie Melancon: and affected areas for katrina and rita. i'm proud of what we havet done in the congress to address the recovery and rebuilding needs in the gulf coast. after these two unprecedented storms,

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Charlie Melancon: katrina and rita, and our needs are still great, they haven't gone away. for many, from my experience the last two years, i found the stafford act was not written for disasters with devastation

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Charlie Melancon: the size of katrina and rita, nor was fema prepared to respond. particularly in the long term to events of this magnitude. h.r. 3247 would amend the stafford act to more accurately reflect the

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Charlie Melancon: rebuilding and recovery needs of the gulf coast. saint bernard parish in my district only had a handful of buildings that were not damaged in the storms and less than 40% of the population

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Charlie Melancon: has returned to the parish. through the alternative protect -- alternate protect penalty, the stafford act penalizing the parish and its officials' they try to rebuild and reflect the returning

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Charlie Melancon: population. h.r. 3247 would reduce this penalty from 25% to 10% of each of the projects' cost and this is enormous in the needs that follow and has been mentioned about the inadequacies of the

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Charlie Melancon: stafford act. the bill would also instruct fema to use alternate dispute resolution in place of its completely inadequate project work sheet appeals process. many project work sheets are still

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Charlie Melancon: under review after 27 months. without a guarantee the project will be fully funded, the state and local governments are apprehensive to begin projects for fear fema will ask for the money back.

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Charlie Melancon: fema itself is preventing the rebuilding of the gulf coast. it is not their intention but it is the reality. and this needs to change. i appreciate all the work congress has done to address

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Charlie Melancon: the recovery and rebuilding needs of the gulf coast and i ask that my colleagues again assist with easing the restrictions to allow for full recovery by supporting h.r. 3247. i thank you for the

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Charlie Melancon: opportunity to speak on this issue and i yield back the balance of my time. to the gentlelady. and again thank her for her efforts and the efforts of my friends and colleagues on the other side

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Charlie Melancon: of the aisle for helping in this rebuilding effort and this effort to bring fema to a position of reality rather than bureaucracy. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back

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Charlie Melancon: the balance of his time. the gentlewoman. ms. norton: i thank the gentleman. does my friend have any other speakers? mr. boustany: i'm prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman

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Charlie Melancon: from louisiana is recognized. mr. boustany: thank you, madam speaker. i want to thank my colleague, mr. melancon, from louisiana, together and and i have all of coastal louisiana. we have dealt

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: with this disaster firsthand. i know side by side along the coast we were rolling up our sleeves and helping our friends and families back home through all of this. and i want to thank him for his

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Speech By: Charles W. Jr.Boustany