Joe Biden: “So, if, in fact, the agency, after the fact, the agency writes a letter, saying, ``John Doe, taxpayer, go ahead and…”

“So, if, in fact, the agency, after the fact, the agency writes a letter, saying, ``John Doe, taxpayer, go ahead and build your building on the site you asked whether you could build it on,'' and then finds out later that John Doe told them it was high ground, and it turns out to be a literal swamp that they filled in, I assume that John Doe would not be able to say in court, ``Look, I got a letter here and it says go ahead and build.'' The agency would be able to say, would they not, that, well, ``We were not given all the facts, your honor, and the penalty should prevail,'' is that what the Senator is saying?”