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To: Rodm

_$3.6 billion for major wetlands and other coastal restoration, flood control and dredging projects for Louisiana, a state where coastal erosion and storms have resulted in the disappearance of huge areas of land;

_nearly $2 billion for the restoration of the Florida Everglades;

_nearly $2 billion for the Army Corps of Engineers to build seven new locks on the upper Mississippi and Illinois rivers;

_$7 billion for various projects related to hurricane mitigation in Mississippi and Louisiana, including assuring 100-year levee protection in New Orleans;

_hundreds of smaller dredging, wetlands restoration and flood control projects across the country.


7 posted on 11/02/2007 10:52:38 AM PDT by Rodm (Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings)
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To: Rodm

Congress Spends Billions on Swamps!


9 posted on 11/02/2007 10:53:57 AM PDT by Rodm (Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings)
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To: Rodm

Sounds like he is cutting off the EPA!

Woo Hoo!


22 posted on 11/02/2007 1:02:01 PM PDT by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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