Doug Bereuter: “This Member supports the FY2004 Energy and Water Development appropriations conference report and urges his colleagues…”

“This Member supports the FY2004 Energy and Water Development appropriations conference report and urges his colleagues to vote for it. This Member would like to commend the distinguished gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Hobson), the Chairman of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee, and the distinguished gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Visclosky), the Ranking Member of the subcommittee, for their exceptional work in bringing this conference report to the Floor. This Member recognizes that extremely tight budgetary constraints made the job of the subcommittee much more difficult this year. Therefore, the subcommittee is to be commended for its diligence in creating such a fiscally responsible measure. In light of these budgetary pressures, this Member would like to express his appreciation to the subcommittee and formally recognize that the Energy and Water Development appropriations conference report for fiscal year 2004 includes funding for several water projects that are of great importance to Nebraska. This Member greatly appreciates the $18 million funding level provided for the four-State Missouri River Mitigation Project.”