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Water Resources Development Act of 2016

Floor Speech

By: Al Green
By: Al Green
Date: Sept. 28, 2016
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: National Security Infrastructure Government Budget and Spending

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Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I thank the chairperson of the committee, as well as the ranking member. I am so honored to be associated with this amendment.

In Houston, Texas, we have floods that total $1 billion in damages, and it is not unusual for this to occur within a 1-year period of time.

We had the tax day flood and the Memorial Day flood.

I also would call to your attention that we have lost a total of 17 lives in the last two floods. So this amendment is going to go a long way toward preventing flooding. It won't end it all, but it will help us greatly, and it may save some lives.

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Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I neglected to thank Mr. Culberson.

It really has been a pleasure working with Congressman Culberson on this project. This has been something, as the gentleman knows, that our constituents have demanded that we pay some attention to. I hope that this will help to satisfy some of the concerns that have been raised that the gentleman and I have tried to address. So I thank the gentleman.

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