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Article: Remarks prior to a roundtable discussion on floods in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. (President Bill Clinton speech)(Transcript)
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
- Article date:
- February 26, 1996
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February 16, 1996
Thank you very much. Well, Jim, I was looking at the pictures behind me while you were talking, trying to visualize what you all have been through. And I want to just begin by thanking you and everyone who worked with you for the way you handled this, and also the people of this area for the way they handled it.
Governor, Congressman, Mayor, we're all honored to be here with you. I'm here, obviously, along with the James Lee Witt and a number of people from the Federal Government who were privileged to work with you. We have Dave Sharma from the Department of Transportation, a number of people here from SBA, General Genega from the Corps of ...