I think we lost a great deal of sympathy and support with the way in which the crisis was handled, most importantly I think when we appeared to be gr…

- Billy Tauzin

Venice, Italy, survives 365 days out of every year in water; New Orleans can survive a few days of water if it has to.

- Billy Tauzin

New Orleans has to learn to live with water rather than in fear of water, and we need a master plan that shows us how to do this. It's so critical th…

- Billy Tauzin

The immediate, highest priority need, in my humble opinion, is that we build quickly the interim structures that can channel water away from populati…

- Billy Tauzin

You probably have to have redundant levee systems with canals in between them, like the Dutch have, to make sure that incoming water is channeled off…

- Billy Tauzin

Invite the best and brightest to compete for a grand prize to come up with designs, including new zoning, building codes and so forth, for New Orlean…

- Billy Tauzin

Half of Louisiana is under water and the other half is under indictment.

- Billy Tauzin

I think the industry finally gets it. They've lost the connection with the American public, and they've got to rebuild the trust with the American pu…

- Billy Tauzin

And if citizens of New Orleans who are really contemplating coming back heard that we're really intent upon making the place secure again - regardles…

- Billy Tauzin