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 n...
I want to express our desire, on behalf of the State of North Dakota, to move the process forward.
We will go with September, sir.
Yes, well, that is exactly the issue. And I think, in the interest of everybody having kind of the full information befo...
I just want to make clear, from my perspective, that this is what occurred after 1997.
I have high regard for Colonel Christensen. His professionalism and the absolute dedication he brought to this, I think ...
Thanks again, Mr. Chairman. And I didn't have a chance to thank specifically my colleague Senator Klobuchar for being he...
Can I add just one other point? And that is that we also have the issue of floodplain.
And Congressman Peterson, I will tell you, you could not have a better partner in a fight than Collin Peterson.
The eyes of the Nation were on North Dakota and Minnesota at those moments, and the people of this country were impresse...
We just could not be more fortunate, and we thank you for your leadership, Senator Dorgan.
Without that consensus, there is simply very little chance of Federal funding.
Unless we are able to form a local consensus, there is virtually no chance that we will secure Federal funding.
Fargo needs room to grow. Fargo's natural path, one of the significant paths is south.
We cannot rest until temporary flood protection is a thing of the past.
We can do better, and we must.
The funding announced today is in addition to the $42 million in Federal assistance the delegation announced on April 30...
