House Proceeding on Dec 6th, 2006 :: 3:01:59 to 3:04:58
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Speech By: Don Young

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Don Young: warning and outreach programs and the administration began augmenting those programs in 2005 after the indian ocean tsunami. but we need to ensure that the focus on tsunamis continues even as memories

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Darlene Hooley: of the 2004 tragedy fade and we need to further strengthen the administration program along the lines of expert advice we have heard at science committee committeings. the experts were

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Speech By: Darlene Hooley

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Darlene Hooley: particularly -- committee hearings. the experts were particularly concern that more is done in outreach so the public understands what to do if one is approaching. they called for more research

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Darlene Hooley: to predict tsunamis and their paths more accurately. i should ath that tsunamis are not a three rhett cal threat for the u.s. -- not a theoretical threat for the u.s. the west coast is particularly

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Darlene Hooley: vulnerable and has experienced tsunamis in the past. even a small tsunami can cause damage. an earthquake off the coast of japan produced a tsunami that hit california with wave surges

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Darlene Hooley: of only five or six feet but caused $700,000 damage in just one town. we need to maintain and strengthen the nation's tsunami programs. that's exactly what h.r. 1674 would do. it would give

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Darlene Hooley: specific continuing congressional direction to efforts in tsunami research, prediction, detection warning and outreach. the full spectrum of needed activities. the bill would improve congressional

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Darlene Hooley: oversight of the program by requiring updates on the condition of tsunami monitoring equipment and several studies of the overall effectiveness of the tsunami program. this is a good carefully

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Darlene Hooley: targeted economical, bipartisan bill. i wish to thank my co-sponsor jay inslee for all his hard work and persistence on this bill. he understands well how his constituents in washington state

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Darlene Hooley: could be in harm's way from a tsunami. i also want to thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle in the sipes committee, who, as usual, -- in the science committee who, as usual, contributed

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Darlene Hooley: to the bill that passed the committee long ago by voice vote. i want to thank the transportation and infrastructure and international relations committee for working with us on their jurisdictional

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Darlene Hooley: claims. and i want to thank senator stead stephens and ted inway for working with us. this should go to the president for signature this week. mr. speaker, we ought to act now to prevent future

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Darlene Hooley: tragedies from tsunamis. we can't prevent tsunamis, but we can greatly limit the loss of life from them. this bill will help us do just that, not just in tust, but abroad. i urge its passage

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Darlene Hooley: and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves his time. the gentleman from oregon. mr. wu: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the

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Darlene Hooley: speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> first, mr. speaker, i would like to take a moment for an appreciation of mr. boehlert the retiring chairman of the science committee.

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Darlene Hooley: he is a consummate legislature, he has talked the talk and walked the walk of promoting the public good over partisanship. he has run the science committee in a gentlemanly, bipartisan fashion

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Vernon J. Ehlers: and, to me, as an aging junior member of this body, when i think of who i would like to be when you grow up, one of those people is cher dwri boehlert. i rise in support of h.r. 1674, the u.s.

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Speech By: Vernon J. Ehlers