Mr. Speaker. last Monday. August 29th. Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana and Mississippi as a Category 4 storm. with winds of over 140 miles per hour. We all know the aftermath of that terrible storm: thousands dead. more than a million refugees. billions of dollars in damage. and a major American city rendered uninhabitable. The greatest tragedy of all is that. for the most part. this could have been avoided. The President told us that he didnt "think anyone anticipated the breach of the levees." a misinformed statement at best. New Orleans is the only major American city below sea level. and the Federal Government was well aware of the flooding threat to the city in the September 2. 2005 CONGRE event of a hurricane.
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