What we're saying is we want to mitigate in a very smart way, which is, if we do our Comite project and other things, we will manage the water that we receive so that even a thousand-year storm we can survive.

If you can save money--if you can save money, provide a more stable, preferable environment for the law enforcement community, why would you not do that?

We got together and rescued our own people. We did it.

We've got to work to get it right.

Mr. Speaker, yesterday I had the opportunity to come and update the House on the flooding conditions in the State of Louisiana. I talked about how this is, potentially, the fourth most costly flood disaster in U.S. history. Louisiana…

Louisiana will move forward. The resilient spirit of our people will never cease to amaze me.

I will tell you it's the fastest it's ever been done, and by a long shot.

The Stafford Act is insufficient.

I think it's important to hear from the mayors on the ground about the challenges.

Our main objective is going to be making sure that the response that has to come from Washington... is something that we come together on.

Ultimately, our jobs ought to be finding out what the problems are and breaking through the red tape.

Mr. President, I rise today to honor three brave men: Corporal Montrell Jackson, Deputy Brad Garafola, and Officer Matthew Gerald. It has been a tough summer in Louisiana. Not only did we have the floods of which I spoke yesterday, but we…

It really is hard to imagine what the people of Louisiana are going through without seeing it for yourself.

I'm calling on Congress, respectfully requesting Congress to support a supplemental appropriation of $2 billion for Community Development Block Grant funds.

I'm also asking Congress to clear the $724 million backlog of Federal Highway Administration emergency relief funding.

I also believe that it is critically important to address the social service needs of Louisiana families...

I appreciate the fact that Chairman Chaffetz was here. And I also want to thank Congressman Richmond and Congressman Graves.

To put the truly historic nature of this flood into perspective, south Louisiana received more rain in 48 hours than the Mississippi River discharges into the Gulf of Mexico in 18 days.