What's scary to us is not only looking back at what caused the last failure, but thinking about what's going to be fixed for June 1st. Because if it took this long to admit there were design failures, it makes us less confident in the remaining levees.
Jindal expresses concern over the confidence in levee repairs after acknowledging past design failures.
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I've got no problem with the pause. But what I'm saying is, listen to the experts. Don't listen to me, as the elected governor of Louisiana. Listen to the experts they, themselves, appointed.
My bottom-line message is, we're showing that it works. Let's scale this up quickly. Let's not wait. Don't wait for this oil to hit the coastline. The plans they have got are not enough.
The moratorium basically will turn an environmental disaster into an economic catastrophe.
They talk about this hypothetical concern. What about the real damage that oil is going to do? It's supposed to be here Friday.
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