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This project, which is required for environmental mitigation as part of the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project, or SHEP, is an issue with which my community has been at odds with the Corps of Engineers for more than six years.
We should not spend taxpayer dollars on a rock weir that this report says may even kill the fish that we are trying to protect.
If the dam were to be removed, the quality of life for our entire region of the country would be negatively impacted.
If the dam were to be removed, quality of life for an entire region of the country would be negatively impacted.
I ask the members of this committee to work with me and my colleague, Congressman Joe Wilson, to ensure that the interests of our local communities are protected when it comes to the New Savannah Lock and Dam.
This ruling was a win for our local communities, and I am hopeful for a positive outcome that maintains the pool and the required lock and dam.
To cause the view from beautiful downtown Augusta to be that of areas of dry mud and silt instead of a flowing river would be unconscionable.
Government policies should work for all Minnesotans, while supporting consumer choice, instead of picking winners and losers.
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I want to certainly thank you for holding this hearing, and for your leadership on these pivotal issues that are so timely.
This new religion of climate change, if we do everything that the Biden Administration says...
The energy policy of this Administration is so incompetent.
We must know what the long-term impacts to these businesses will be.
I want to see what can be done to make sure that rural America is not left behind.
I want to ensure that this Committee has a seat at the table and that the voice of America's farmers, America's ranchers, America’s foresters, and above all else, our rural residents are considered.
I am an advocate for banning stock trading by Members of Congress who make policy, who have access to information and economic forecasting.
All of us must learn to waste less energy. Simply by keeping our thermostats for instance, at 65 degrees in the daytime and 55 degrees at night, we could save half the current shortage of natural gas.
Inflation hurts us all in every part of the country, whether we have a job, or whether we are looking for a job. We must race just to keep up with a constant rise in prices.