That seems to me like fraud.
This hearing and others like it that I've been holding is especially important as we consider a new transportation bill for the country.
So, regarding the section 22 study, is that a study that is designed to lead to a conclusion of saying, 'Here are devices or protection appr...
So, if that was the case back then, the question in my mind is, is there a desire among local folks to evaluate that again?
Now, you have a Flood Recovery Task Force, which I know is describing a series of things for recovery.
But, there needs to be a local sponsor for that. Is that correct?
In smaller communities, very often the current value of a home is substantially less than the replacement cost.
Why would there not have been the same feasible alternatives in 1985 that there were in 1967?
It's collaboration, and it's a way to get at collaboration. The worst thing you can have is a disaster of some sort, and people coming toget...
Is there, in this same task force, a notion of what kind of protection might be needed?
If you're involved in a big flood fight, I'll tell you, I know who you want on your side and that's the Corps of Engineers.
Let me ask you--the Knife River, Spring and Antelope Creeks, all three were a problem and a contributor.
I have explained to the folks in the region that I understand that the people of Fargo and Moorhead, given what they faced this spring, beli...
the water in the Missouri River system is being managed in a way that makes no sense at all.
My understanding is, from the discussion, there's a substantial problem with bank erosion. Where is that problem most acute?
Yes. I guess one of the questions with respect to this flooding, in Emmons County--and perhaps the Colonel and Dale Frink have a notion, and...
I have been critical from time to time, but, I've also said, 'If you're involved in a big flood fight, I'll tell you, I know who you want on...
After what happened last spring in North Dakota with a very substantial amount of flooding many parts of our State, we, of course, became ve...
