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Mary Landrieu: “Well, I would just suggest in my 16 seconds remaining that there are models that we can find in other countries, Mr.…”

On the recordMay 11, 2009
Well, I would just suggest in my 16 seconds remaining that there are models that we can find in other countries, Mr. Chairman--in Japan, which has storm surge issues, in the Netherlands, where 60 percent of their country lies below sea level--that there are ways to think and engineer based on good science and smart sustainability models so you can build safely in these areas.
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Mary Landrieu
Democratic · Louisiana

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Landrieu advocates for using international models for safe building in flood-prone areas.

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