Well, I think the good news is, from what I understand the facts to be, that the protection system of levees and preparation that have been undertaken over the last several years have worked to protect against flooding from the main stem, the Mississippi River itself, into those States that I mentioned.
Cochran discusses the effectiveness of levee systems against flooding.
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Ensuring that the Corps has adequate funding to meet its responsibilities is a high priority of mine.
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I wish to honor former Senator Pete V. Domenici of New Mexico, who passed away September 13 in Albuquerque. It was a privilege to call Pete a friend and to work with him as a Senate colleague and member of the Appropriations Committee…
And I plan to use my best efforts to identify the areas that we can make improvements in, and take a hard look, but at the same time realize we need to get a bill.
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