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I thank the gentleman for bringing this forward. It is very similar to an amendment that Mr. Young from Iowa brought forward, and I think that was a good amendment. I think this is. So I support it and urge all my colleagues to vote for…
This is a good amendment, and I appreciate the gentlewoman for bringing it forward. I urge all Members to support it. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
If Connecticut and Texas can agree on this, then Congress ought to be able to agree on this. I yield back the balance of my time.
Well, it does say ``shall'' and it does ask the Corps to act expeditiously, which I think all of us want to encourage the Corps to do that. Mr. DeFAZIO. Okay. Good luck with that. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. The…
My understanding is that it is a sense of Congress to ask the Corps to act---- Mr. DeFAZIO. Reclaiming my time, it is not a sense of Congress, as offered. It is actually--it is quite definitive language. ``Where Federally owned and…
Yes, we believe it is. Prior to 2007, these projects were authorized. So, under that law, these things are authorized. They are not earmarked. Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
I will answer that. We believe the projects are already authorized. Back in 2007, in 33 United States Code section 2332(i)(2), it states there that ``all studies and projects carried out under this section from Army Civil Works…
I thank the gentlewoman for bringing this important amendment to the floor. It does several things. The first thing it does is it directs the Corps of Engineers, as the gentlewoman pointed out, to just communicate, to give direction to the…
I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I support this amendment that allows channels assumed for maintenance to be considered equally as authorized projects. Of course, we are dealing specifically with the Port of…
I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I believe this is a good amendment. I support it. This amendment sets guidelines for the scope of work under the section 408 process, which has been misinterpreted by the Corps of…
I thank the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Graves) for his help in developing H.R. 5977 and for his hard work on developing and passing the FAST Act, the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, which provides 5 years of funding for…
I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania will be postponed. Amendment No. 3 Offered by Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New…