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joining me from patterson is their congressman, bill pascrel. good morning.your hometown doing today? >> alex, we're fighting back like we did in 1903. we're going to do it, come together and hopefully the state and federal government will give us help to do that. these are people resolved to get things done, stay here, rebuild, whatever we have to do. the worst is yet to come, when you look at these people who have been out of their homes, coming back to their homes, what's the house look like? what's happening in the basements and structures of some of these old homes really questionable. they have to be looked at, each one of them. >> representative, pascrell, you are saying you are battling of the flood of 1903. is in the worst flood that paterson has been subject to since then? >> yes. since 1903. the worst flood. we've evacuated close to 5,000 people. people left on their own, get out of these apartments that were underwater, and although that may happen to a lesser degree, this is -- we've seen nothing like this rivers still r rampaging. this was total

pascrell: pass a clean bill in the senate. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has expired. the gentleman from georgia. mr. woodall: mr. speaker -- ms. slaughter: yes, i will yield. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 10 seconds. mr. pascrell: this coalition is going to stay strong because america is more important than either party and we need to help our brothers and sisters who are hurting right now. many of them will not return to their homes. they can't. think about that. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from georgia. mr. woodall: mr. speaker, to correct what may be a misunderstanding about the swiftness with which this congress is reacting to those tragedies, i yield five minutes to the chairman of the appropriations committee who's moved immediately on these issues, the gentleman from kentucky, mr. rogers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized for five minutes. mr. rogers: i thank the gentleman for yielding. as to th