Bud Shuster: “I thank the Chair, and I yield myself the remaining time. I also thank members from the other side of the aisle, Mr.…”

“I thank the Chair, and I yield myself the remaining time. I also thank members from the other side of the aisle, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Bishop of New York, and their staff for all their hard work and for working together to produce a bipartisan bill, a bill that is full of policy, full of reform, a bill that is fiscally responsible and, I must say, is the most fiscally responsible WRRDA in the history of WRRDA. There are no earmarks, but we made sure that we did not cede any of our constitutional congressional authority to the executive branch, which I believe is very important for this body and for the Congress. As I have said, we have worked together in a bipartisan fashion in talking to the stakeholders at roundtables and in hearings and coming up with a piece of legislation, and I am very proud we have it on the floor today. Again, our thanks to Ranking Member Rahall, Ranking Member Bishop, and the entire staff on the minority for working with us so closely. Also, I would like to thank our staff for the long hours that they have put in, and my counterpart, Subcommittee Chairman Gibbs, for his efforts and his staff member Joe Price who worked so hard and also John Anderson, Geoff Bowman, Jonathan Pawlow, and Tracy Zea from the Water Resources Subcommittee.…”