Can I add just one other point? And that is that we also have the issue of floodplain.

I have high regard for Colonel Christensen. His professionalism and the absolute dedication he brought to this, I think all of us respect.

Thanks again, Mr. Chairman. And I didn't have a chance to thank specifically my colleague Senator Klobuchar for being here and for her leadership.

The funding announced today is in addition to the $42 million in Federal assistance the delegation announced on April 30.

I think with the nomination of Larry Echo Hawk, we have the chance to get this right.

I had a chance to meet with Mr. Echo Hawk yesterday and we talked about a whole series of issues critically important in Indian Country.

I strongly support the nomination of Jim Miller to be USDA Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services.

This is a little bit too much to swallow, at least for now.

With the amount of money our country is already spending on health care, it is very hard for me to understand why the answer is to put more money into the system.

I would just respond to the gentleman that I have seen a bigger budget gimmick, and that is fighting the war in Iraq without putting a nickel in the budget.

I believe it is a combination of a very loose monetary policy, a very loose fiscal policy, a very loose trade policy, all coupled with deregulation, that created the seed bed for bubbles to form.

I think there was one part of it that was very, very wrong, and I regret deeply my own going along with it.