Bud Shuster: “It is now my pleasure to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Collins).”

I want to thank the chairman of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment for his hard work on this piece of legislation. I appreciate all of his efforts and his knowledge he put into making sure that bill is a good product…

I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts for offering this amendment, the program that assists communities in their efforts to recover and adapt to severe weather and natural disasters. It is a solid amendment. I support the amendment and…

I thank the gentleman for offering this amendment, which does require the Corps to include complete deposition studies in future Corps plans where practicable. Mr. Chair, I am prepared to accept the amendment, and I yield back the balance…

I thank the gentleman for offering this amendment. Of course, with the devastating effects of Sandy on Queens, New York, I understand his concern. Mr. Chair, given the impact of that storm and the importance of this amendment, I am…