Political Quotes

“I will share with you my experience in my part of California, which is the Sacramento Valley, the city of Sacramento and the surrounding area. We have significant flood potential. In fact, the northern part of Sacramento is considered to be the most flood prone or dangerous city in America after New Orleans. That creates a need in my own region for some of those same protective measures. We call them levees, not seawalls, but rather levees. They have to be improved. We anticipate the cost in Natomas, which is part of Sacramento, to be well over $1.4 billion. Another city I represent, Marysville, needs some $20 million to protect that city, and then Yuba City next to it. The entire region that I represent has similar needs. I shouldn't use the word ``similar,'' because we're not on the ocean. But we have needs for flood protection just like New York City and New Jersey. We can do this. We're a very strong and powerful Nation, and you couldn't be more correct by saying that if we do it, we protect ourselves, we reduce the potential damage, and we also put people to work.”