Dianne Feinstein: “Well, of course it does. Of course it concerns me. But we learn in…”

On the recordMay 2, 2006

Well, of course it does. Of course it concerns me. But we learn in this business. And I think Katrina was a big learning lesson for all of us. And we have not done right by our infrastructure. One of the problems is, as we have to cut discretionary spending that is nondefense, not entitlements, the only thing we are cutting--we are cutting 18 percent of what we spend every year. These are Federal levees. They are owned by the Federal Government. There is a responsibility to protect the people behind them.

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Dianne Feinstein

Democratic · California

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