And we would recommend that the Army Corps of Engineers utilize the non-Federal sponsors more to meet these challenges.

Opening statement

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

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 state of our water resource infrastructure is very poor.

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.

We need to expeditiously turn this funding around in order to rebuild and improve our water resources infrastructure.

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.

I want to thank all of today's witnesses and especially Ms. Ufner in particular.

It is imperative to the millions of Americans who rely on these projects that we ensure they are operating well into the future.

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.

Therefore, it is imperative to the millions of Americans who rely on these projects that we ensure they are operating well into the future and serving the purposes for which they were developed.

So who would develop those standards?

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