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HR 1309 - Mozambique; urge U.S. provide maximum relief and rescue efforts

Mobley, Barbara J (69th)	Brooks, Tyrone (54th)	Ragas, Arnold M (64th)
Maddox, George (72nd)	Pelote, Dorothy B (149th)	Reed, Kasim (52nd)

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A RESOLUTION urging the President of the United States and the United States Congress to provide maximum relief and rescue efforts for Mozambique; and for other purposes.

HR 1309                                            LC 22 4071 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                             A RESOLUTION 
 
  1- 1  Urging the President of the United States and the United 
  1- 2  States Congress to provide maximum relief and rescue efforts 
  1- 3  for Mozambique; and for other purposes. 
 
  1- 4  WHEREAS, Mozambique has been devastated by a cyclone and 
  1- 5  three weeks of the worst flooding in the nation's history; 
  1- 6  and 
 
  1- 7  WHEREAS, the government estimates that 1,000,000 people have 
  1- 8  been forced to flee by high waters and are urgently in need 
  1- 9  of humanitarian assistance; and 
 
  1-10  WHEREAS, rapidly rising waters have trapped thousands of 
  1-11  people for several days, some for more than a week, in trees 
  1-12  or on roof tops; and 
 
  1-13  WHEREAS, many desperate people have had no food or clean 
  1-14  water for days, and the risk of outbreaks of malaria or 
  1-15  cholera are perils for as many as 800,000 people; and 
 
  1-16  WHEREAS, the people of the world were amazed and inspired by 
  1-17  the  courage and fortitude of the young woman who gave birth 
  1-18  while stranded in a treetop; and 
 
  1-19  WHEREAS, aid agencies predict thousands of deaths from the 
  1-20  disaster; and 
 
  1-21  WHEREAS, Dr. Silvano Langa of Mozambique's Institute of 
  1-22  Disaster Management has said that the catastrophe is so 
  1-23  overwhelming that some residents see it as the end of the 
  1-24  world; and 
 
  1-25  WHEREAS, the United Nations has requested $13.6 million for 
  1-26  the crisis. 
 
  1-27  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF 
  1-28  REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body urge the 
  1-29  President of the United States and the United States 
  1-30  Congress to provide maximum resources for rescue and relief 
  1-31  in this natural disaster which has inundated Mozambique, and 
  1-32  further urge that rescue and relief resources be supplied 
  1-33  and distributed as expeditiously as possible. 
 
 
 
 
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  2- 1  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of 
  2- 2  Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an 
  2- 3  appropriate copy of this resolution to the President of the 
  2- 4  United States and the Georgia delegation to the United 
  2- 5  States Congress. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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