I think American industry has lost perspective about their products.

You can't vote that water out of the city of New Orleans.

The National Guard has served America as both a wartime force and the first military responders in times of domestic crisis. Hundreds of times each year, the nation's governors call upon their Guard troops to respond to fires, floods, hurricanes and other natural disasters.

Who is affected more when it's cold? Poor people. Who is affected more when it's hot? Poor people. Who is affected more when it's wet? Poor people. Who is most affected when the economy is bad? Poor people. Poor people are the most fragile.

In the military, as in any organization, giving the order might be the easiest part. Execution is the real game.

You know, we lose more homes every year to flooding than we do any other event in America.

You cannot depend on a sandbag dike to save your life. You put it up to try to save your property.