The intent of the funding included incorporation of the 34 miles of existing small public and private back levees...

That is your mistake. That is your mistake, and that has to be changed.

It is not fair to ask the citizens of Louisiana to bear the entire cost or a significant cost for the draining of the entire continent.

We should be outraged by that fact. I am.

What we are operating under now is just not practical. And so we are going to have to have some serious changes there.

we have to take a moment to educate them on the importance of south Louisiana to the Nation.

the Governor did not help in any way to put money into this fund when I asked him for his help.

They figure out a way not to do it.

your budget, to me, just looks like a disaster waiting to happen.

It is not just a State or a local issue, as has already been discussed. It is a national issue.

Because the mouth of the Mississippi River is obviously not important to the country in any way, so that is no benefit to the mouth of the Mississippi.

Thankfully, Senator Landrieu and our delegation inserted the language for arbitration into the recovery bill.

the more we can talk with one voice and the more we can work in a bipartisan manner, the better we are going to be.

We cannot prevent them, but with smart planning, responsible budgeting, and effective response we can significantly minimize loss of life and property.

We need a more consistent, more robust funding mechanism for building our levees, securing our pump stations, flood protection, internal drainage, and wetlands restoration.

We must do more to protect our communities in south Louisiana and in other parts of our State and country.

It does not make any sense.

the RESTORE Act, in which the delegation came together--Senator Vitter, Senator Landrieu, and the congressional delegation--to do really almost an impossible task.

It is the wrong way to go.

My colleague, Senator Vitter, has written to the President in support of that request.

This study has been in your budget for 40 years, and it has not progressed one iota.

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