
I was privileged to lead a congressional delegation, a bipartisan congressional delegation--I think it was 1991--at the urging of then-President George Herbert Walker Bush.
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I was privileged to lead a congressional delegation, a bipartisan congressional delegation--I think it was 1991--at the urging of then-President George Herbert Walker Bush.

the most important thing at this point for our country, I do believe, is disclosure, is making the information available

We worked in conjunction with a couple of our Senate colleagues, including John Kerry and John McCain.

We want to make sure that people in this country know what is happening, and that we don't hide our candle under a bushel.

So following the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, I led a letter, along with seven of our Great Lakes Senators, to the Administration supporting the portion of the Corps' new construction to fully fund the Soo Locks…

It helps to limit the cost of missed opportunities, promotes better planning, provides better transparency, and results in more fiscally and I think environmentally sound projects.

Earlier this year, I asked General Graham if the Corps accounts for climate change in project design. He answered yes.

In my view, something you have to sail around is the very definition of a hazard to navigation.

Could you assign someone to help us deal with the cost per fish ratio, which seems to create a real problem for small dams?

It is hard for me to think of a single piece of infrastructure more consequential to our economy than the Soo Locks.

I just want to emphasize again the continuing importance to me of the Providence River Pilings Removal Project.

We don't come together on a lot of big issues on a bipartisan basis these days. But we did pass on a strong bipartisan basis the comprehensive bipartisan infrastructure legislation.