I think this is the number one levee need in California, and Sacramento is the capital city.

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 provide?

You have a responsibility. I have a responsibility. The White House has a responsibility.

The damage is much, much greater. There is no ability to respond to it proportionately.

Is there any way for the Administration to propose, award a bill, for the highest priority projects in the country based on protection of life and property?

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 open to it.

It's wrong. It's just plain wrong. I've been here for 20 years. I've never seen anything like it.

Our ports are so far behind in infrastructure that it's scary.

You previously allowed a permit change for the Jones Pumping Plant which allowed for a 500 cfs increase.

Well, for example, the Natomas Project isn't authorized. Why isn't it authorized?

So, it's a bipartisan issue now. You know, it's only so long that you can tolerate paying this money and not getting back adequate services.

The Corps is the number one Federal provider of outdoor recreational opportunities, and the number one producer of hydroelectric power.

In 2009, the Department of Defense (DOD) published research that showed that approximately 1 in 7 servicemembers with mental health contraindications had been prescribed mefloquine contrary to the instructions in the package insert…

Our harbors are decrepit.

Well, that's really what I mean by adaptive management of the pumps.

Let me say from the outset, and I've never actually said this before in 20 years, I am a big fan of both of your agencies.

Just so everybody here knows the impact of this, California, I should say, America's largest agriculture State is California.