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Jun 22, 2009 8:11 am US/Eastern
U.S. Lawmakers To Meet With Haiti's President
Will Discuss Hurricane Preparations & Immigration
MIAMI (CBS4) ―
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U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen will travel to Haiti on Monday with a bi-partisan group of lawmakers from South Florida to discuss hurricane preparations and immigration.
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A contingent of U.S. lawmakers from South Florida will travel to Haiti on Monday to talk about hurricane preparations, immigration and drug interdictions.
The bi-partisan group which includes Democratic U.S. Representatives Kendrick Meek and Debbie Wasserman Schultz along with Republican Representatives Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Mario Diaz-Balart will meet with Haitian President Rene Preval and Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis.
"One thing that we hope to get out of this is an assessment of what the needs are, what is their priority," Ros-Lehtinen told
CBS4 reporter Marybel Rodriguez. "Are they worried about this hurricane season, they don't have any trees to protect them from the mudslides and from all the pounding rain. Do they need more Red Cross volunteers there, more first aid, is it health care, is it training for teachers, training for lawyers. How can we help? It's not always about sending money. Sometimes people to people is the best help they can get."
Last year, Haiti was slammed with a series of storms and hurricanes which caused catastrophic damage and killed more than 800 people. Still struggling to recover Haiti has called on foreign donors to make good on their pledges of help of more than $353 million.
The group is also expected to discuss U.S. legislation that would give Haiti duty-free access to the U.S. textile products used to make clothing in Haiti. Wrapping up their day they will visit the U.S. Embassy which will mark its first year anniversary in the country on June 23.
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