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.
Landrieu advocates for using international models for safe building in flood-prone areas.
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Thank you for continuing your focus on this, because the work is not done, and there are billions and billions of dollars of projects that could be built.
Senator Hoeven is on the floor. Senator Boxer is also. I know our vote is at 6:30, and it is 4:30. Should we divide the time equally or how do we think this would work? If Senator Hoeven would say what he thinks, we could do one-third…
how much time do the Republican proponents have remaining? The PRESIDING OFFICER. They have 52 minutes remaining.
I ask unanimous consent for 5 more minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.
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