… Orleans where many people died, and it cost us hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayers to recover right now. We can get out of this for a fraction of The Raymondville Drain project has been on the books for almost four decades. It's time for us to stop sitting on our hands and make critical investments in regions like South Texas. I know there are others in the country that have similar situations. (02:22–02:40)
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Asserts that the project has been planned for nearly four decades.
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