Mary Landrieu actually said...

we're grateful for the $10 million that is in this bill to begin turning dirt

this is the first $10 million that's been directed in a budget for construction

Now, these levees--this levee system was built in large measure after the great flood of 1927, and that was generations ago.

the way that the United States of America--under both Republican and Democratic rule--have essentially dealt with the Land and Water Conserv...