Save the stonewall to build the levees.
Quotes about levees (16 Quotes)
In his discussions with legislators, the governor will seek a balance between the pressing need to fortify our levees and protecting the environment.
Military bases were damaged that need to be repaired. Those levees (in New Orleans) need to be repaired, so the Army Corps of Engineers is going to need money, ... There's highway money that's going to be needed for all the interstates that have been damaged. There are damages to the wildlife refuges down there.
We anticipate that we could receive a storm surge of three to five feet. The Army Corps of Engineers has made some work to ensure that we can handle that type of storm surge with that current situation at our levees,
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.
If it were to rain a lot, there is concern from the Army Corps of Engineers that the levees might break,
And if citizens of New Orleans who are really contemplating coming back heard that we're really intent upon making the place secure again - regardless of whether the levees held or not - then I think a rebuilding process would really take shape.
It's very troubling to this committee that the forensic teams looking into failure of the levees have not received complete and total cooperation from the Army Corps,
The river goes through New Orleans like an elevated highway, ... ... Among the five hundred miles of levee deficiencies now calling for attention along the Mississippi River, the most serious happen to be in New Orleans... the levees tend to sink as well. They press down on the muck beneath them and squirt materials out to the sides... The guide levees, ring levees, spillways and floodways that dangle and swing from Old River are here because people, against odds, willed them to be here.
Has your district defended any cases on behalf of the (U. S.) Army Corps of Engineers against claims brought by environmental groups seeking to block or otherwise impede the Corps work on the levees protecting New Orleans If so, please describe the case and the outcome of the litigation.
The system is in great shape, but the levees are sinking. If we don't get the money fast enough to raise them, then we can't stay ahead of the settlement. The problem is the federal funds have dried up.
TV journalists from ABCs Ted Koppel to CNNs Soledad OBrien and the Fox News Channels Shepard Smith openly challenged the governments performance and in some cases, lit into administration officials. Bush compounded the damage by telling ABCs Diane Sawyer that I dont think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees ... a heck of a job.
The federal government was responsible for building the levees, engineering the levees, and consequentially, the federal government is responsible for repairing the damage that has been done, which has not been completed yet.
Given three days' notice as to the general location of landfall and the projected level of impact, I thought we would have been better prepared for this situation. We certainly would not have had the luxury of knowledge of timing and location were it a terrorist attack on the levees rather than the impact from Katrina.
What we are seeing is an unraveling of the way we finance healthcare in the United States. It is coming apart at the edges, and those edges are small business and low-wage workers. The levees are breaking.
Several Democratic senators were concerned about Roberts' evident willingness to strike down Congressional statutes. When we discuss the Constitution's commerce clause or spending power, ... we're asking about congressional authority to pass laws to ensure clean air and water and children's and seniors' health, and safe, good drugs, safe workplaces, even wetland protection, levees that should protect our communities from natural disasters.