The energy development in this part of the State, particularly with the oil boom associated with the development of the Bakken Formation, is...
we've got to insist that the next highway bill be paid for, and there is that gap.
Highway 85 represents a critical lifeline for this energy development, and in that context, it is not just a regional issue or a State issue...
We're asking for visionary leadership from you, Senator Conrad.
If it was not done, that they believed there would be a global financial collapse.
We can do better, and we must.
We must recognize the tremendous risk and cost associated with every year that passes without protection in place.
the levee option would then represent the only option that would meet the Federal cost-benefit ratio test.
We have before us a historic opportunity and an obligation to future generations to work together as communities to solve this daunting, but...
Yes, Wahpeton-Breckenridge is in a different situation because that is an established project that is--the proposition is correct that there...
From my standpoint, I think that has merit, to the extent that there is then a consensus developed on the more comprehensive project against...
Let me just observe that the delay on funding for the Breckenridge project no longer exists, since I became chairman of the subcommittee.
We are providing that funding, and we will continue to do that.
We need to cooperate.
If we are going to debate this in the forum--and we are not going to do that, right, Collin, because that accomplishes nothing.
The only one that would meet a test and go forward would be the levee option?
Permanent flood protection for the Fargo Moorhead metropolitan area is critical.
That is why we solicited them to go ahead with this comprehensive study.
