Political Quotes

“I rise to thank Senators Reid and Domenici for including the Snowe-Collins amendment in the Fiscal Year 2002 Energy and Water Development Appropriations today to help the Town of Ft. Fairfield, ME. My amendment should resolve a serious design problem that has arisen in connection with the construction of a small flood control levy project in Ft. Fairfield, which is located above the 46th parallel in Northern Maine, where the river freezes every fall and stays frozen well into spring. The proper functioning of the levy is vital to the town's economic viability and for protection against future flooding of the downtown area. My amendment should allow the Army Corp of Engineers to assume financial responsibility for a design deficiency in the project relating to the interference of ice with pump operation so that there will be no further and inappropriate cost to the Town. My amendment calls for the Secretary of the Army to investigate the flood control project and formally determine whether the Secretary is responsible. Since the Corps has already assumed responsibility for the design deficiency, the Secretary will then order the design deficiency to be corrected at 100 percent federal expense.”