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Week Ending Friday, March 9, 2007
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Remarks Following a Briefing on Tornado Damage in Enterprise, Alabama,
March 3, 2007
You know, Mayor, I told the people yesterday that I come down with a heavy heart, and I will try, to the best of my ability, to comfort those who lost life and property. I know you and your council and the citizens here have done that as well.
I hope it helps for the citizens here to hear that we declared your county a major disaster area, which will provide some relief. You cannever heal a heart, but you can provide comfort, knowing that the Federal Government will provide help for those whose houses were destroyed or automobiles were destroyed. And I would strongly urge the citizens here to—if you’ve got a question, to call 1-800-621-FEMA, and there will be somebody answering your call and will give you a chance to find out whether or not you will qualify for the relief under the major disaster declaration.
Secondly, I was talking to the Governor, and he has said that there have been some funds set up to help the people who suffered. And my call to people here in Alabama and around the United States is, if you feel the generosity in your heart to help people affected by this terrible tornado, I would ask you to contribute. One such fund is the Red Cross. There will be others. We will make sure that USA Freedom Corps will have posted on it a place where people can contribute money. Some people are going to need your help. There have been some poor citizens who may or may not qualify for Federal help, but are going to need the help of our fellow citizens. And I would ask you to, out of the generosity of your heart, to help the folks down here.
This storm is a tough storm. It went 8 miles and affected a lot of lives. And this country is a prayerful country; there are a lot of people praying for you.
Note: The President spoke at 8:40 a.m. at Enterprise Municipal Airport. In his remarks, he referred to Mayor Kenneth W. Boswell of Enterprise, AL; and Gov. Bob Riley of Alabama.
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Chicago: "Remarks Following a Briefing on Tornado Damage in Enterprise, Alabama, March 3, 2007," Week Ending Friday, March 9, 2007 in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, March 9, 2007 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2007), 43:254-255 Original Sources, accessed September 20, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=B1NU8CGMGHRWHP5.
MLA: . "Remarks Following a Briefing on Tornado Damage in Enterprise, Alabama, March 3, 2007." Week Ending Friday, March 9, 2007, in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, March 9, 2007 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2007), 43:254-255, Original Sources. 20 Sep. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=B1NU8CGMGHRWHP5.
Harvard: , 'Remarks Following a Briefing on Tornado Damage in Enterprise, Alabama, March 3, 2007' in Week Ending Friday, March 9, 2007. cited in , United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, March 9, 2007 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2007), 43:254-255. Original Sources, retrieved 20 September 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=B1NU8CGMGHRWHP5.
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