Our ports are so far behind in infrastructure that it's scary.
It's wrong. It's just plain wrong. I've been here for 20 years. I've never seen anything like it.
I think that is extremely important as well.
I think we have to find a way, and right now, I'll tell you, I don't know what that is. If anyone has a suggestion, I'm ...
Is there any way for the Administration to propose, award a bill, for the highest priority projects in the country based...
You have a responsibility. I have a responsibility. The White House has a responsibility.
I'm particularly troubled about the $1 billion cost increase in Olmsted Locks and Dam.
Every $1 invested in flood control since 1928 has prevented more than $7 in damages when adjusted for inflation.
Let me ask you this. In your judgment, what would be the amount of acre-feet that these administrative changes could pro...
I think this is the number one levee need in California, and Sacramento is the capital city.
Our harbors are decrepit.
Well, that's really what I mean by adaptive management of the pumps.
Who suffers? The Corps, the Bureau. They are pushed and compressed.
How about at the pumps? Can any changes be made in how the pumps are run, the reverse flow?
I do want to thank the President for including $13 million in the budget request for the dredging of the Portland Harbor...
We are nowhere close to modern.
The damage is much, much greater. There is no ability to respond to it proportionately.
Throughout this Congress, we have seen elements of what I think of as sort of a Republican war on immigrants.
