Byron Dorgan actually said...

I think the consensus of this subcommittee will not be to support cutting a half a billion dollars out of the Corps of Engineers' funding at...

if we don't get serious about the infrastructure, yes, roads, bridges, water projects, you name it, we won't be the kind of country we used ...

It is a recurring problem and puts a lot of population at risk and property and so on.

My colleagues will remember last year that the Red River flood fight went on for nearly a month.