Unless we are able to form a local consensus, there is virtually no chance that we will secure Federal funding.

Fargo needs room to grow. Fargo's natural path, one of the significant paths is south.

We cannot rest until temporary flood protection is a thing of the past.

We can do better, and we must.

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

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

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.