My home was 25 miles from the gulf, and I did not want to see it become a shorefront property.
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I needed to explain that Louisiana's coast accepts the drainage from two-thirds of the United States and, while the necessary levees constructed upstream have prevented floods, they have also contributed to problems downstream.John Breaux
If it was up for a vote in its current form, I would vote against it,
John Breaux
Blaming each other does not save a life, does not feed a single family or compensate them in their loss.
John Breaux
Yes, we have got to quit worrying about fighting each other and trying to figure out a way to work together.
John Breaux
But we made a decision based on the fact that we have been up there a long time and that we feel that the seniority is important to the people of Louisiana.
John Breaux
We don't suggest that because San Francisco lies on top of an earthquake fault that it should be moved.
John Breaux
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