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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release May 22, 1997

STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT

I urge the Congress not to leave for Memorial Day recess without sending me a clean, emergency supplemental bill that provides the disaster assistance upon which hundreds of thousands of Americans are depending. The people of 33 States are waiting for the Congress to act. In recent weeks we have witnessed extraordinary destruction in the Dakotas and Minnesota matched only by the courage with which residents of these States have faced their plight. The Congress owes it to them to pass a clean bill and send it to me for my signature.

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