Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, this bill is very important and includes important hurricane protection for the Upper Barataria area, which is going to help Jefferson, St. Charles, and Lafourche Parishes, all the way up to Ascension Parish. If this had been in place when Hurricane Ida made landfall, we would have had fundamentally different conditions. It is going to make higher, stronger levees. In the New Orleans area, $3 billion in new investments there, which we worked on with Congressman Carter and Congressman Scalise. It clarifies the cost-share for the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet, something that never should have been in contention. It helps to manage water on the Mississippi River, expedites the Comite project, and makes tens of millions of dollars in additional authorizations for water and wastewater in the capital, river, and bayou regions. Mr. Speaker, there are a lot of people who helped with this legislation. One of them is Paul Sass, and I thank Paul for his nearly 20 years of service to this House and to this committee. Had he not been around working on many of these bills, it simply would not have happened, and I appreciate it. Having worked with the ranking member for some period of time, I couldn't imagine working 20 years with him. Amazing. Mr. Speaker, I also thank Ranking Member Sam Graves for his hard work on this. I thank Chairman DeFazio, Tim Petty, Leslie Parker, and Melissa Beaumont for their work on this important legislation.…”