House Resolution 39 - Introduced

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                                    H.R. ________ S.R. ________


  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2       BY  ALONS, JACOBY, SMITH, SCHUELLER, WENDT,
  1  3         THOMAS, QUIRK, KELLEY, FICKEN, WENTHE,
  1  4     PALMER, HUSER, ABDUL=SAMAD, REASONER, T. OLSON,
  1  5   R. OLSON, MAREK, SWAIM, BAILEY, GAYMAN, ZIRKELBACH,
  1  6          PETERSEN, D. OLSON, OLDSON, SHOMSHOR,
  1  7       BUKTA, WHITAKER, WHITEAD, GASKILL, FREVERT,
  1  8         MASCHER, REICHERT, COHOON, BELL, LYKAM,
  1  9       THEDE, BERRY, H. MILLER, KRESSIG, HEDDENS,
  1 10         T. TAYLOR, D. TAYLOR, SCHULTZ, RAYHONS,
  1 11         DRAKE, TYMESON, SODERBERG, PETTENGILL,
  1 12      BAUDLER, RAECKER, HAGENOW, GRASSLEY, COWNIE,
  1 13         WINDSCHITL, SORENSON, HORBACH, ARNOLD,
  1 14      HUSEMAN, SWEENEY, KOESTER, DE BOEF, PAULSEN,
  1 15       ROBERTS, WORTHAN, HELLAND, TJEPKES, WATTS,
  1 16     L. MILLER, DEYOE, FORRISTALL, RANTS, DOLECHECK,
  1 17        SANDS, LUKAN, S. OLSON, SCHULTE, HEATON,
  1 18         MAY, VAN ENGELENHOVEN, UPMEYER, WAGNER,
  1 19                  KAUFMANN, and STRUYK
  1 20 A Resolution honoring those Iowans who volunteered
  1 21    their time and efforts providing aid and assistance
  1 22    during the June 2008 flood.
  1 23    WHEREAS, the June 2008 Iowa flood exceeded what
  1 24 were considered 500=year=flood limits, with nine Iowa
  1 25 rivers cresting at record levels and causing vast
  1 26 amounts of damage; and
  1 27    WHEREAS, as a result of the flood 83 counties were
  1 28 declared disaster areas, hundreds of Iowa cities and
  1 29 towns were impacted, and Iowa's agricultural economic
  1 30 losses are estimated to exceed $2 billion; and
  2  1    WHEREAS, volunteers were desperately needed to help
  2  2 restore homes, businesses, and the University of Iowa
  2  3 facilities damaged by the ravaging flood, and Iowans
  2  4 from all walks of life stepped forward to provide that
  2  5 help; and
  2  6    WHEREAS, during the summer and fall of 2008
  2  7 thousands of volunteers from Iowa and from surrounding
  2  8 states worked tirelessly, filling sandbags, shoring up
  2  9 sagging levees, and later clearing debris and
  2 10 restoring flood=damaged homes and businesses; and
  2 11    WHEREAS, the recovery effort continues to this day,
  2 12 evidenced by Governor Culver's signing of House File
  2 13 64 on February 2, 2009, which appropriated $56 million
  2 14 for flood recovery efforts; NOW THEREFORE,
  2 15    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2 16 That the House of Representatives honors all Iowans
  2 17 who stepped forward in a time of crisis providing aid,
  2 18 comfort, and hope to their fellow Iowans following the
  2 19 flood of 2008.
  2 20 LSB 1798HH 83
  2 21 jr/nh/14.1