Mary Landrieu said...

We want to make sure that the rates that people are paying reflect the fact that they aren't living at the flood level.

We have to acknowledge we have built infrastructure we own. It is not going to go away anytime soon.

I was actually shocked when the floodplain managers opposed our efforts to reform Biggert-Waters.

The law is clear. We debated the issue of pot 2. That money was expressly and solely directed to ecosystem restoration. ...