So the constraints that you suggest that we put on ourselves, they are only there for one reason, and that is not to explode this deficit and debt situation, even further exacerbate the situation as we currently have, which most people…

I think targets are a good idea with emergency clauses to deal with this.

I have given up hope that we are going to balance the books of the federal government.

I am proud to support the bill authored by my friend, the mayor from Knox County, and his Democrat cosponsor, Mr. Case.

we are crowding out the investments that you gentlemen are suggesting that we continue to make to grow our economy.

It would improve the process greatly. I would encourage you to try to do that.

Congress must come together in a bipartisan, bicameral fashion to reduce the debt, deliver on our Article I responsibilities and make good on our responsibility to the American people who have to balance their own budgets each month.

We must ensure that the Corps is truly fulfilling obligations after disasters hit and get communities back on their feet while being good stewards of scarce taxpayer dollars.

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 projects currently on the books.

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 economy.

The simple fact of the matter is that a project can't be resilient, unless and until it's built.