Mr. Speaker. it is extraordinarily sad for me to stand here today because last week we. as a groat legislative body. could not agree to the simple premise that tens of thousands. and perhaps hundreds of thousands. of American citizens in the Midwest are desperately in need of our help. and they need it now. They are in the midst of a 100year flood. the most devastating wreckage many of us have seen in our lifetimes. and we have not yet been able to accord them the same immediate compassionate response that we did to the victims of Hurricanes Andrew and Hugo. the Loma Prieta earthquake. and the Kurdish refugees. When I was home in Kansas City last weekend. I was asked. "What in the world is the Congress doing?
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