I feel a little stressed about your piece.

If we break into this uproar after every comment -- and I know that you're rooting for your team -- we're not going to get anything done.

I'm not so scared. No problem. It's not that hard.

Congressmen and people from outside this area, they only understand it, they only get it, when they see it. If we're going to help New Orleans rebuild, we want people who visit New Orleans to see what happened, to see what devastation it's caused.

The Snow Box Derby is a wonderful valley-wide event. The North/South Challenge is a fun way to bring everyone in the valley together for some healthy, good-natured competition.

Do we have other bridges like this in this area? Yes. We know this is a critical situation. This is a dramatic situation. We don't want this to happen again.

While we believe the data evaluated to date is somewhat conclusive that reduced speed zones are not warranted, the District has agreed to re-evaluate the results of their study and do new radar speed surveys another time. They are also checking the State's Crash Records Systems for reportable crash data.

The analysis we've done -- the rigorous structural analysis based on the last inspection report -- indicates that this bridge should not have fallen down on its own accord without something else happening to it.

Our bridges are going to be a test bed for the rest of the nation.

Given the outcry here tonight, we have to step back and consider what we're doing here. Maybe there's a Plan C out there.