We need a more consistent, more robust funding mechanism for building our levees, securing our pump stations, flood prot...
And for the first time in our Nation's history, we will receive when the BP penalty is paid anywhere from $5 billion to ...
There is no uniform Federal procedure to determine responsibilities for water debris removal.
This community is very interested in that study.
We are going to pursue that because this was a nightmare after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustav, and Ike.
your budget, to me, just looks like a disaster waiting to happen.
That is your mistake. That is your mistake, and that has to be changed.
Thankfully, Senator Landrieu and our delegation inserted the language for arbitration into the recovery bill.
We should be outraged by that fact. I am.
Until the year 2000, FEMA rebuilt what was there before storms, and a penalty was charged if you tried to improve the st...
And the money.
They figure out a way not to do it.
And we will make sure that is on the agenda, Senator Vitter, for our meeting in a couple of weeks.
We cannot prevent them, but with smart planning, responsible budgeting, and effective response we can significantly mini...
COE itself is responsible for significant wetlands loss when you look at it from the big picture.
The intent of the funding included incorporation of the 34 miles of existing small public and private back levees...
It does not make any sense.
Because you did not get the cost-benefit ratio.
