Speaker. when I first contemplated how I was going to vote on this measure. I felt that I had to vote "no" because. as the gentleman from Texas has Just now spoken. it may be that this will do no good in the long run. and I was also concerned about the fact that natural disasters in my view. over the years. did not denote the kinds of disasters that happened in either Chicago or Los Angeles. But the staff of the gentleman from Pennsylvania has provided me with some precedent that I think ought to be recorded in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD that this Congress voted in the past when there were Cuban refugees in an emergency that occurred in Florida. not a natural disaster. but this Congress came to the aid of Florida. When there was a Love Canal problem in New York. a hazardous waste problem. not a natural disaster. this Congress rushed to the aid of New York. and there are many examples of the same thing. Mr.
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