story that senator landrieu has told this story from the house tops, from the basements, from the riverbanks, and from the gulf shores -- enough. along with senator menendez, who has shouted it from cape may, new jersey, all the way to the port of new jersey at the mouth of the hudson. and this senator has shouted this from the state with the longest coastline of any state, save for alaska, a state that it's highest point in the entire state is about 350 feet and, therefore, naturally along riverbanks, lakes, as well as the coastal waters, it's something that we have to be concerned with, and that's flood -- flood protection and, therefore, protecting the financial assets of folks, their homes, their businesses, and they simply can't take a tenfold increase all at once. and so now we're going to pass it. now, unfortunately, there's still some folks that are trying to do us in, and they're trying to do us in with subtle amendments that are going to try to seduce some senators, oh, doesn't this sound good? but it's going to cut the heart oust trgs anout of t andout of . and we have to reject t