Areas Quote by Joel Miller

I believe that the federal government, like a raging river, has expanded upon the barriers and the boundaries of its banks, and unfortunately, it…

— Steve Southerland

The federal government was responsible for building the levees, engineering the levees, and consequentially, the federal government is responsible for repairing the damage that…

— Mitch Landrieu

After Hurricane Katrina, many people said that the levees were not as effective as the natural vegetation that had been removed at the coast.…

— Wangari Maathai

I think when you've been exposed to the Creator of the universe, then the federal government doesn't seem very powerful.

— Steve Largent

My District is all too familiar with federal government attempts to seize control of private property and private water rights.

— Lauren Boebert

I believe that the federal government has significant constitutional powers, but I don't think it's effective to impose pipelines on communities.

— Jagmeet Singh

Our Constitution, which was intended to limit government power and abuse, has failed,

— Ron Paul

I needed to explain that Louisiana's coast accepts the drainage from two-thirds of the United States and, while the necessary levees constructed upstream have…

— John Breaux

From being a dream, dams have become a very cynical corrupt enterprise; a way of letting governments lay their hands on huge sums of…

— Arundhati Roy

Government cannot close its eyes to the pollution of waters, to the erosion of soil, to the slashing of forests any more than it…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

We have seen levee breaks and flooding in the wake of storms, some of which have caused the loss of life, and USDA is…

— Sonny Perdue

The government tells us we need flood control and comes to straighten the creek in our pasture. The engineer on the job tells us…

— Aldo Leopold