It makes no sense to spend billions of dollars to rebuild a city that's seven feet under sea level, House Speaker Dennis Hastert said of federal assistance for hurricane-devastated New Orleans.
"It looks like a lot of that place could be bulldozed," the Illinois Republican said in an interview Wednesday with the Daily Herald of Arlington Heights, Illinois.
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Speaker Hastert has a short memory. As many in his state might want to remind him, the Federal Government hasn't exactly shied away from bailing out flooded, vulnerable towns on the Mississippi before. Let's hit the Wayback Machine, shall we?
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