Mary Landrieu actually said...
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.
Context
Landrieu advocates for using international models for safe building in flood-prone areas.
05/11/2009