| Recognizing Upright Frameworks |
May 16, 2012 |
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Olympia Snowe, R-ME
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"Mr. President, in February, the New York Times ran a heartbreaking story about Robert and Wilma Hartford, two elderly Peru, ME residents unable to pay for basic heating during the State’s bitter cold winter, and a heating oil dealer’s personal struggle to assist them. As a result, the outpouring of support for this couple was astonishing, as neighbors, generous New York Times readers across the country, and local small businesses sought to help. One such business, Upright Frameworks in Wilton, ME, was happy to lend a hand. This small firm’s assistance to the Hartfords during their time of need illustrates the generosity of Mainers, consistently rising to the occasion to help a neighbor, while demonstrating enormous potential for curbing our exorbitant energy costs. Today I wish to recognize Upright Frameworks for their compassion and tireless efforts to improve energy efficient building techniques."
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| Tribute To Wilmer Lee Boggs |
March 22, 2012 |
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Mitch McConnell, R-KY
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"Born and raised in Laurel County, Wilmer Boggs had never lived anywhere else. While he was in the Army Air Corps he traveled through 19 different countries and made sure to hold onto a little piece of home the entire time: his dear friend Wilma Vaughn. Mr. Boggs had promised Wilma, whom he had met at Sue Bennett College, that he would write to her faithfully each month, and that is exactly what he did. The two kept up until the soldier returned home in January 1946."
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| Remembering Wilma J. Webb |
February 13, 2012 |
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Mark Udall, D-CO
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"Mr. President, today I want to recognize a friend and a great Coloradan the Honorable Wilma J. Webb. Wilma is a transformative leader who has left her indelible mark on the State of Colorado and the character of our country."
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| Disasters In 2011 |
December 16, 2011 |
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Mary Landrieu, D-LA
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"This is the chart I wanted to show. This is how erratic funding can be, as shown on this chart. This shows funding from 2003 to 2012. In 2003, we spent basically a little over $1.7 billion. Then it jumped up to a little over $6 billion. Then, Katrina, Rita, and Wilma—which was in Florida—moved us all the way up to $45 billion in 2005, and then we fell back again to about $7.8 billion. We can see the erratic nature of these storms. It is impossible for us to even get a good average. So the only thing we can do is put a baseline in our bill, and then if disaster strikes, to respond and put it in the Budget Control Act over our 302(b) allocations."
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| Fema Funding |
September 26, 2011 |
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Mary Landrieu, D-LA
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"But even if we had a crystal ball and even if we had budgeted more than the $1.8 billion we budget every year, approximately, out of Homeland Security, look what happened when Katrina and Rita and Wilma hit. This went up to $45 billion—Katrina, Rita, and Wilma. Wilma, you will remember, was one of the storms that hit Florida. In the year before, Florida had four storms. Dennis, Ivan, Frances, and Charley hit Florida in 1 year."
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