No sir. It's not that expensive now.

As Governor of Louisiana, I have devoted considerable time to one of the most pressing issues of our day, and that is climate change.

Yes, sir. That's fair, but we are impacted by things that wouldn't be intuitively obvious.

As Governor of Louisiana, I have devoted considerable time to one of the most pressing issues of our day, and that is climate change.

the federal government has been a tremendous partner.

We're having to do emergency work with the state and the parishes, but also working with the Corps of Engineers.

I believe in permitting reform too, by the way.

It is a myriad of things, and things that happen in one part of the country actually have a cascading effect in other parts of the country.

And it's capped at 375 million that we get to share no matter.

Due to a flight cancellation, I was unavoidably detained from voting today. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 213 and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 214. PERSONAL EXPLANATION

the laws of this land should be made by Congress, not by any Federal agency.

Due to a district emergency, I was unavoidably detained from voting today. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 143. Mr. McHENRY. Madam Speaker, due to an unforeseen scheduling conflict, I was unable to vote on…

Quite frankly, I am amazed that we didn't have more loss of life in Louisiana than we had. I'm very thankful for it.

Good morning. Don't get distracted by the cane, it might fall. If I fall, catch me. Good morning, everyone. I thank you so much for being here this morning with the former Members of Congress. I am really grateful to be able to speak with…

we have a great partnership with the Corps of Engineers, and it's not perfect and so forth.

it's going to benefit tremendously from this project.

Through our Coastal Master Plan, Louisiana has articulated a clear, widely supported vision for a more sustainable coast.

Sometimes we have to go beyond what we've done in the past, especially in the area of equity.

the Corps shouldn't always choose the cheapest option.

Alignment with the Corps is absolutely critical to our success.

LDH inspectors visited the site and I will tell you, were expelled from the property and prevented from conducting the full assessment.

The water system is really poor. Electricity is non-existent. Communications actually started getting a little bit better today. We have not figured out the fuel situation. Don`t come back before the parish tells you that they are ready to…

If there`s a silver lining, and today, it`s kind of hard to see one, it is that our levee systems really did perform extremely well.

Quite frankly, you know, I will be surprised -- not pleasantly surprised, but unpleasantly surprised if it actually is 30 days before we start to see power being restored.

Many of the life supporting infrastructure elements are not present. They`re not operating right now. So if you have already evacuated, do not return here or elsewhere in southeast Louisiana until the Office of Emergency Preparedness tells…