John Thune actually said...

I believe that human error contributed to the creation of this particular disaster.

The Corps completely failed when it came to understanding the amount of risk the snow packs contained.

I have said throughout this entire debacle this past summer that the Corps of Engineers needs to be held to account for their management of ...

we think it would be unfortunate that if, that that consensus, after having been reached, after so much difficult negotiation, get destroyed...