I want to be helpful. I mean I'm chairman of the committee that funds the Corps of Engineers.
the question is how do we get that done.
We need guidance from experts that, you know, who claim they have models that can predict, you know, scenarios that would be greater floodin...
When I drafted that and put that in the bill it was very controversial, as you can imagine.
But again, as far as even the debris removal, there was discussion of even in the Flood Hazard Mitigation Grant as a 75/25 that the 25 perce...
We have been through a lengthy drought in which the main stem reservoirs have been largely depleted.
We have waited for longer than I have patience to, and finally we're going to drive through this and get it done.
Is there a Federal interest? Does it meet the cost benefit and so on?
Let me suggest something to you, ma'am.
I don't know if there are people in the room who are old enough to have been here, in Bismarck and Mandan, when there was chronic flooding w...
Is there a strategy the Corps has inevitably in the spring or the late winter and spring to release water to break up or in order to prevent...
The other question was why is the Corps of Engineers relying on a gauge several miles upstream from the Fox Island area on which to base its...
You see that the dilemma here is that, I think, there's general understanding in this room that debris is a problem.
The issue of dredging is important. I mean, that's not a new issue for any of us.
What mechanisms exist to try to detect the formation of an ice jam?
We need some type of computerized monitoring of the river system, not only the Missouri, but the Heart River system.
one of the problems that we have is things don't move forward unless there is a local sponsor.
Just give us a thumbnail of those two. I'm generally familiar with them.
