Max Baucus: “John Wooden, the legendary UCLA basketball coach who has won more Division I NCAA championships than anyone else, once…”

“John Wooden, the legendary UCLA basketball coach who has won more Division I NCAA championships than anyone else, once said, ``Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.'' It takes teamwork to win 10 championships. I rise today to recognize the remarkable teamwork, championship level teamwork, that we are seeing back home in Montana during these floods. This is the third time I have come to the Senate floor to share stories about the remarkable actions taken by regular folks across Montana. Their teamwork is making a huge difference. John Wooden would have been proud to coach this team. This is a championship team. And we need this kind of teamwork. Flooding continues to damage property and disrupt lives across Montana. The President has issued a major disaster declaration. Warm weather threatens to unlock water stored in record levels of mountain snowpack. The whole time I was at home, I had never seen anything like this, so much snow, yet melting so quickly. The chart to my left is part of Wolf Point, MT. Wolf Point sits along the mighty Missouri River on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. Floodwaters hit hard and hit fast, forcing 40 families from their homes. Many are still unable to return. Darrin Falcon, pictured here, is the director of the Roads Department. He has used his expertise as an engineer to help his neighbors on projects of every scale. He constructed berms and dikes to prevent floodwaters from damaging more homes.…”