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107TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 338

Recognizing the tragic effects of the September 11 attacks on the World

Trade Center on New York State and New York City and expressing

the renewed commitment of the House of Representatives to rebuild

New York.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 29, 2002

Mr. NADLER (for himself, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. ENGEL, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New

York, Mr. TOWNS, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. OWENS, Mr.

MCNULTY, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. ACKERMAN, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. HINCHEY, and Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ) submitted the

following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Armed

Services, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

RESOLUTION

Recognizing the tragic effects of the September 11 attacks

on the World Trade Center on New York State and

New York City and expressing the renewed commitment

of the House of Representatives to rebuild New York.

Whereas the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York

have taken an unprecedented human and emotional toll,

taking from our families close to 2,889 men, women, and

children;
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Whereas the September 11 attacks on New York are the

most catastrophic and damaging disaster in United

States history, and the Federal Emergency Management

Agency will spend at least $1,000,000,000 on debris removal at the site;

Whereas the terrorist attacks are estimated to cost New York

City and its businesses over $105,000,000,000 in financial losses over the next 2 years;

Whereas nearly 25,000,000 square feet of office space (20

percent of all downtown New York space) was damaged

or destroyed by the attacks, leaving 850 businesses and

over 125,000 workers physically displaced;

Whereas the effects of the attack on the World Trade Center

on New York’s workers has been staggering, and New

York City’s unemployment rate spiked from 6.9 percent

in November to 7.4 percent in December, a nearly 3-year

high;

Whereas the September 11 attacks on New York City ruined

Lower Manhattan’s small business community, destroying

and severely impacting nearly 15,000 small businesses;

Whereas in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, New

York City is expected to lose nearly 150,000 jobs and the

City will not rebound until 2004;

Whereas the number of private-sector jobs in New York City

sank 3 percent last year, more than twice the national

rate, as New York’s economy suffered economic fallout

from the attacks on the World Trade Center;

Whereas the effects of the attacks on the World Trade Center

still render 42 percent of Lower Manhattan’s subway system unusable, significantly disrupting the commute of
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355,000 passengers who ride to Lower Manhattan each

day; and

Whereas the catastrophic and unprecedented attacks on the

World Trade Center have severely damaged the economic

vitality of New York State and New York City: Now,

therefore, be it

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives—

2 (1) recognizes the terrible tragedy that New

3 Yorkers have endured, the catastrophic economic

4 consequences of September 11 on New York’s econ5 omy, and the duty of the United States to protect

6 its States from invasion; and

7 (2) expresses its determined effort to rebuild

8 New York, and reaffirms its commitment to provide

9 New York with all of the Federal assistance that it

10 requires in coping with the largest attack in history

11 on United States soil.

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