On the recordMay 7, 1997
H.R. 478 places protection as a priority above redtape. When confronted with the need to make repairs to our Nation's flood control structures, delays can be fatal to people, to wildlife, and to the environment. Flood control structures work to preserve human life and animal habitat. It is important to everyone that they are properly designed, properly constructed, and maintained and repaired. If they fail when left unrepaired or improperly maintained, people, habitat, and the environment all lose. This bill is a commonsense approach to maintaining existing flood control facilities when there is a direct threat to public safety and human life. I urge my colleagues to support it.
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