Political Quotes

“We have an issue before us here in this Congress. Back in 1952, there was a large flood in the Missouri River that wiped out much of the bottomland and the farms and damaged our cities, Sioux City, Council Bluffs, Omaha, all the way down through. The Pick-Sloan program was established subsequent to that by the United States Congress for these purposes: first, flood control; second, power generation; third, agriculture production; and, fourth, barge traffic. Nothing in the record says it is set aside so that we can accommodate two birds and a fish which enter into this fray. About 10 years ago, actually it was in October of 1993, I came out here to Washington to a Midwest flood reconstruction and cleanup conference subsequent to our 1993 devastating flood. And there, Molly Beatty, the director of Fish and Wildlife, said, 'Agriculture looks upon this flood as an economic disaster. Frankly, we here at Fish and Wildlife look upon it as habitat rehabilitation.'”