I am extremely concerned, however, about the Corps' plans to re-write the Trump Administration's Navigable Waters Protection Rule and the definition of 'Waters of the United States'.
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Reliable, resilient, affordable and clean energy is critical to the daily lives and national security of the people of the Tennessee Valley and the nation.
The fact that this administration has proposed increasing spending in nearly every aspect of the federal government, but then would cut the Corps budget by 10% defies logic, common sense, and everything else.
Overall, President Biden's budget proposes cutting Corps funding by more than 10 percent--a reduction of almost $800 million.
No bureaucrat in Washington should be able to dictate what our farm families, small businesses, local governments, and citizens do on their property after a significant rainfall
A return to anything close to the 2015 WOTUS rule would be a failure
It would appear that President Biden is talking out of both sides of his mouth
What is it Speaker Pelosi always says? Show me your budget, and I will show you your priorities.
The fact that this administration has proposed increasing spending in nearly every aspect of the Federal Government, but then would cut the Corps budget by 10 percent defies logic, common sense, and everything else
While not a surprise to hear that this administration is proposing to take this action, it is no less a disappointment.
It would appear that President Biden is talking out of both sides of his mouth--on the one hand talking about spending lavishly supposedly for 'infrastructure,' but on the other hand putting the extremely important infrastructure projects…
And, hopefully, within the foreseeable future, we will be able to write a formula, write a bill, and get it passed and signed by the President.
I will be transferring this data, this information, to the Committee on the Judiciary, hopefully by June the 30th.
The Voting Rights Act is a very serious piece of legislation that is deserving of our attention. It protects democracy.
It was the Legal Defense Fund that led the way and financed the lawsuits and did all of the heavy lifting in those cases.
The Court, Chief Justice Roberts also acknowledged that voter discrimination continues to exist in the United States.
The Supreme Court of the United States found Section 5 to be constitutional.