Mitch Landrieu: “I am hoping my good colleague from Oklahoma will think about the possibility of withdrawing his amendment because I am…”

“I am hoping my good colleague from Oklahoma will think about the possibility of withdrawing his amendment because I am going to submit some things for the Record that I think might have a bearing. First of all, I think he offered his amendment in a way to be somewhat critical--although he was very respectful--somewhat critical that the Federal Government would be funding visitors centers before we build our levees and protections that we need for south Louisiana. I was a little puzzled by that. I went and found the facts. Actually, we are not asking the Federal Government to spend a dime. What we are asking the Federal Government to do is simply to authorize a visitors center, type A as opposed to B, so we can be, as I said in the earlier debate, more interpretive--to have a real place where people can come and learn about the wetlands and the entire delta. The cost difference between B and A would be absorbed by Louisiana.”