House Proceeding 10-01-09 on Oct 1st, 2009 :: 0:34:40 to 0:35:45
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Ed Pastor: past. we can't afford to let them go forward with building and options that by their own admission is much less reliable and protecting the people of new orleans from future flooding. so i rise in opposition and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from arizona. mr. pastor: mr. speaker, in

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Speech By: Ed Pastor

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Ed Pastor: response, i have to tell you that the conferees on the house side, the manager -- the house managers were united on this front as well as the chairman of the owe body's committee. and we felt that -- the other body's committee. and we felt that the alternative that was desired did not provide

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Ed Pastor: additional protection, and it would have delayed the permanent protection of new orleans by anywhere from 18 to 36 months which we thought was too long a period of time to keep new orleans unprotected. and the cost,

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Ed Pastor: would have been $3 billion to $4 billion more. and for that reason we felt in