Simply put, the debt is on a completely unsustainable trajectory.
We must ensure that the Corps is truly fulfilling obligations after disasters hit and get communities back on their feet while being good st...
It is imperative to the millions of Americans who rely on these projects that we ensure they are operating well into the future.
I want to thank all of today's witnesses and especially Ms. Ufner in particular.
So who would develop those standards?
And we would recommend that the Army Corps of Engineers utilize the non-Federal sponsors more to meet these challenges.
I do not remember who used the phrase, but it is one that I have often used that we need to design with nature instead of against nature.
We need to expeditiously turn this funding around in order to rebuild and improve our water resources infrastructure.
I want to strongly emphasize that a conversation about resiliency and planning for the future means nothing if the Corps is not completing p...
The state of our water resource infrastructure is very poor.
Resilience is not a one-size-fits-all framework. It must be considerate of the local geography and climate and the local industry and econom...
The simple fact of the matter is that a project can't be resilient, unless and until it's built.
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Therefore, it is imperative to the millions of Americans who rely on these projects that we ensure they are operating well into the future a...
I think it is a Congress issue. I think it is a people issue that we have to agree that what we are doing right now is unsustainable.
I think we have got to get back to that place where there is bipartisan support for doing these things, and that is really the key.
As a matter of fact, this is my third term in Congress, and this isn't the first hearing I have had on the Pebble Mine.
The facts are that there is a process that is underway, a process that has been established by Congress.
