Russ Feingold: “Winston-Salem Journal: After Hurricane Katrina, to vote with Inhofe and Bond to block reform of the Corps would be…”

“Winston-Salem Journal: After Hurricane Katrina, to vote with Inhofe and Bond to block reform of the Corps would be downright reckless. The Miami Herald: A bipartisan Senate proposal to overhaul the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers deserves approval to eliminate some of Congress' most nefarious pork-barrel spending and improve the process that determines which projects are worthwhile. San Francisco Chronicle: This reform is not only about saving money, it's about saving lives. The Commercial Appeal--Tennessee: At the very least, evaluations of proposed corps projects, their environmental impact and especially their cost and benefits, should be in independent and impartial hands. The Cleveland Plain Dealer: This singular study of failure no doubt will become a standard reference work in engineering school libraries. It should be cross-referenced, as well, to those who study political science and philosophy, for between its lines it reveals a government authority in which a region's trust was misplaced, and a hubris in the face of the inevitable that cost more than 1,200 lives and as-yet uncounted billions of dollars in damage. Congress must read it, too, for it describes flaws in corps management that demand fixing before the next levee fails. I reserve the remainder of my time and I yield the floor.…”