House Resolution 172 - Introduced
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1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY PETERSEN, WISE, OLDSON, WENDT, BELL, COHOON,
1 3 R. OLSON, SCHUELLER, KRESSIG, WINCKLER,
1 4 WESSEL=KROESCHELL, SHOULTZ, HEDDENS, McCARTHY,
1 5 REASONER, FOEGE, BERRY, SMITH, T. TAYLOR, SWAIM,
1 6 REICHERT, THOMAS, MASCHER, PETTENGILL, WHITEAD,
1 7 LYKAM, WHITAKER, MURPHY, BUKTA, MERTZ, D. TAYLOR,
1 8 GASKILL, FREVERT, HUNTER, SHOMSHOR, DAVITT,
1 9 MILLER, JACOBY, HOGG, DANDEKAR, TOMENGA,
1 10 MAY, and DE BOEF
1 11 A Resolution recognizing the continuing efforts by
1 12 Iowans in providing disaster relief in response to
1 13 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
1 14 WHEREAS, since August 2005 Iowans and Iowa
1 15 organizations have come forward, in hundreds of ways,
1 16 to provide desperately needed relief to their fellow
1 17 Americans whose lives were devastated by Hurricanes
1 18 Katrina and Rita; and
1 19 WHEREAS, by April 2006 some 424 Iowans have now
1 20 provided over 9,100 total person days of service,
1 21 offering hurricane relief in a variety of ways; and
1 22 WHEREAS, since September 2005, 15 individuals,
1 23 working in a variety of capacities at the University
1 24 of Iowa Hygienic Laboratory, have been conducting
1 25 newborn screening tests on samples sent from
1 26 Louisiana; and
1 27 WHEREAS, the Homeland Security and Emergency
1 28 Management Division of the Iowa Department of Public
1 29 Defense deployed three staff members to the State
1 30 Emergency Operations Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
2 1 deployed one staff member to the National Response
2 2 Coordination Center in Washington, D.C., to coordinate
2 3 response activities, deployed one staff member to the
2 4 State Emergency Operations Center in Jackson,
2 5 Mississippi, to assist with response coordination, and
2 6 deployed one staff member to the State Emergency
2 7 Operations Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to assist
2 8 with the requests for aid from other states; and
2 9 WHEREAS, the Iowa National Guard deployed 13
2 10 soldiers of the 185th Air Refueling Wing and a 200
2 11 kilowatt electric generator to Belle Chase Naval Air
2 12 Station in Louisiana, deployed 197 soldiers of a
2 13 medical battalion to act as a security force and
2 14 provide water purification units to Camp Shelby,
2 15 Mississippi, deployed 40 crew members of the 185th Air
2 16 Refueling Wing and four KC=135E Stratotankers to
2 17 perform evacuation, transport, security, and fuel
2 18 handling missions, deployed the 71st Civil Support
2 19 Team of 20 members to complete sample analysis in
2 20 Carville, Louisiana, and deployed a physical therapist
2 21 and a biomedical laboratory specialist to Mississippi;
2 22 and
2 23 WHEREAS, the Iowa Department of Public Health
2 24 deployed a team of 30 health professionals, including
2 25 doctors, nurses, paramedics, and environmental health
2 26 specialists, to Louisiana State University; and
2 27 WHEREAS, the Iowa Department of Human Services
2 28 deployed 10 human service workers to assist parishes
2 29 with food stamp relief program efforts; and
2 30 WHEREAS, the Bettendorf Fire and Rescue Department
3 1 deployed two staff members and one vehicle to support
3 2 the New Orleans Fire Department; and
3 3 WHEREAS, the City of Davenport deployed 14 staff
3 4 members to Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, to assist with
3 5 recovery efforts for its water and sewer systems; and
3 6 WHEREAS, the Civil Air Patrol deployed a two=person
3 7 team on an aerial damage assessment mission to Texas;
3 8 and
3 9 WHEREAS, these agencies and organizations are made
3 10 up of hundreds of Iowans, from all walks of life, who
3 11 have unselfishly offered their time and the expertise
3 12 in service to Americans in desperate need; NOW
3 13 THEREFORE,
3 14 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
3 15 That the House of Representatives recognizes the
3 16 dedication and sacrifice of those Iowans who provided
3 17 aid and comfort in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina
3 18 and Rita, and on behalf of all Iowans thanks them for
3 19 a job well done.
3 20 LSB 6687HH 81
3 21 jr:rj/gg/14.3
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