04/17/2012
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"Every $1 invested in flood control since 1928 has prevented more than $7 in damages when adjusted for inflation."
"I'm particularly troubled about the $1 billion cost increase in Olmsted Locks and Dam."
"In 2009 when we had a similar situation, you had 45 percent unemployment. You had farmers in bread lines. It was really a terrible, terrible situation."
"I think it is. He is doing a good job, actually, by building food zones in those southern Afghan areas to replace the poppy and needs help in doing more of it."