Byron Dorgan actually said...

I think all of us agree that there needs to be that type of permanent solution.

this has been lake flooding that is chronic; comes and stays, and now apparently is set to substantially increase.

We never expected that nearly 13 years later, we would be making yet another request to protect the city from the flood emergency caused by ...

presuming we do--and I think we will--it will include, likely, $4.4 to $4.6 billion for the Corps of Engineers.