Madam Secretary, the President chose wisely. I said that repeatedly.
Every $1 we spend for the SRF generates more than $2 in projects on the ground.
Let me ask again a related question. And that is that the next-generation funding level, in last year's budget it was $24 million. In this y...
the disappointment in cuts to the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds.
We need $1.5 billion in identified needs for clean and drinking water projects.
So even if that $7 billion total is consistent with prior years or maybe a little up, it is greatly lacking the demand.
The American Society of Civil Engineers has given our clean water structure a 'D' grade.
I would hope that that would be the norm and that you would take that message back too.
Thank you very much, Senator Murkowski.
We are very gratified to have Senator Mikulski as the chairwoman of the full committee.
I am disappointed with the overall budget level.
I really find it hard to understand how these proposed cuts square with the President's focus on job creation.
We are optimistic that she will bring this unifying approach to the other Washington.
The fact is, IHS cannot do this work. All we ask is to be treated fairly, just like other contractors.
The Supreme Court has not once, but twice, told the Government what to do: honor our contracts.
We're probably going to meet or exceed last year's very expensive fire operation.
Are you confident that you'll have these aircraft under contract and useful this fire season?
Well, thank you very much, Chief. You've made many proposals, and let me discuss one of them.
