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[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 931 Introduced in House (IH)]

109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 931

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that on the first 
  anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, people of goodwill throughout the 
 United States should remember the victims of Hurricane Katrina, both 
living and dead, and pledge to work toward the repair, rebuilding, and 
          resettlement of the Gulf Coast of the United States.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 20, 2006

 Mr. Thompson of Mississippi submitted the following resolution; which 
           was referred to the Committee on Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION

 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that on the first 
  anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, people of goodwill throughout the 
 United States should remember the victims of Hurricane Katrina, both 
living and dead, and pledge to work toward the repair, rebuilding, and 
          resettlement of the Gulf Coast of the United States.

Whereas Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of the United States on August 
        29, 2005;
Whereas Hurricane Katrina was the most expensive and most deadly hurricane in 
        the history of the United States;
Whereas Hurricane Katrina was the sixth-strongest Atlantic hurricane ever 
        recorded in the history of the United States;
Whereas Hurricane Katrina devastated much of the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, 
        Louisiana, and Alabama, inflicting disastrous damage along the 
        coastlines and reeking wholesale devastation on entire cities including 
        Mobile, Alabama; Biloxi, Mississippi; Gulfport, Mississippi; and 
        Slidell, Louisiana;
Whereas the force of the storm contributed to and may have caused the breach of 
        levees that protected New Orleans, leading to the flooding of 80 percent 
        of the city as well as substantial flooding in several adjacent 
        parishes;
Whereas the wind and water from Hurricane Katrina is estimated to be responsible 
        for $75 billion in damages;
Whereas Hurricane Katrina caused the destruction of property on a massive scale, 
        including the loss of homes, businesses, public institutions, and 
        infrastructure;
Whereas in addition to the economic and tangible costs of the destruction, most 
        importantly, Hurricane Katrina caused the deaths of at least 1,836 
        people, many of whom remain missing;
Whereas after one year, the people harmed and the areas devastated by this 
        horrific storm have yet to totally recover;
Whereas there is a need to remember those who have lost lives, property, 
        businesses, and a way of life as a result of this unprecedented natural 
        disaster as well as offer hope and courage to those who have survived; 
        and
Whereas there is a growing and urgent need to recommit our energies to assuring 
        that the victims of Hurricane Katrina are made whole: Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved,  That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that on the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, people of goodwill 
throughout the United States, whether gathered in schools, community 
centers, communities of faith, or other forums, should remember the 
victims of Hurricane Katrina, both living and dead, and pledge to work 
toward the repair, rebuilding, and resettlement of the Gulf Coast of 
the United States.
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