On the recordApril 22, 2010
just to close, I have said thank you many times, certainly to the American people, to these bodies in Washington representing the American people. The Senator is certainly right about that generosity and about a lot of the work of the corps. I do disagree with the Senator in sort of lightly tripping over as a minor mistake design flaws that caused 80 percent of the catastrophic flooding of the city of New Orleans. I wouldn't think that is a minor mistake to trip over. But I will continue to work with the corps to resolve these issues, and I will go through every one of those additional 11 items I outlined because we are waiting on that critical work and on those critical reports. That is not only authorized, but it is mandated in the 2007 WRDA bill and other bills, and we need that to move forward. Thank you, Mr. President.
