Sam Graves actually said...

"There is a tremendous emphasis right now that has been placed on habitat restoration and compliance with the Endangered Species Act instead of the protection of life and property."

"Flood control must be the Corps' primary objective in managing the river."

"Are we going to be able to make repairs to all of the levees to some degree, to any degree, along the river?"

"But I have to be honest with you. There were three things that happened through this process that seriously undermine my confidence in the Corps' decisionmaking process."