Political Quotes

“Mr. President, there are so many important issues in Washington today, it is hard to know what to speak on first. But I am going to take this opportunity to talk about flood insurance. One of the reasons is because there are three States in the Union that carry the most policies relative to our population, and it may be the most policies regardless of our population. That would be Florida, No. 1; Texas, No. 2; Louisiana, No. 3; and, of course, California, No. 4. So while this bill affects everyone in the country, the four States that it affects the most and by far are the four States that I mentioned, and Louisiana happens to be one. So the people of my State pay a lot of attention to flood insurance. We always have, and we always will have to. I am sorry to say that just within the last few hours, with so much changing around here at the last minute, I was just given the information that the flood insurance bill--which we have not even debated on the floor of the Senate--is now going to be put into an omnibus package which includes many other important bills: the Transportation bill, the RESTORE Act--which is also important for the gulf coast, parts of it that were accepted by the House, and there were a few important parts that were, unfortunately, left on the cutting room floor over in the House--and now the flood insurance bill.…”