Regardless, myself, the Governor of Louisiana, and many others advocated that the Corps had $250 million in hand.

This project is not going to be the silver bullet, but it together with other proposals... will provide substantial relief.

I am bringing home from this hearing a very loud concern from the committee about the possible disparity...

I want to understand how these laws are being implemented to advise your budgeting decisions...

The last thing in the world we need is to have $1 trillion sitting in the bank because we can't spend it because we are stuck on preconstruction activities.

I am very interested in kind of a granular understanding of what happens at a particular VA.

Thankfully, several of you and your colleagues recognized the seriousness of this dilemma and helped us work with the Department of Commerce to allow a 39-day season this year.

Current requirements for rebuilding stocks under Magnuson-Stevens are unnecessarily inflexible.

But with no fishing season, we get no harvest data and our best-available science and stock assessments no longer reflect the reality anglers are seeing on the water.

Please don't fall for the argument that we want to weaken Magnuson-Stevens.

I want to offer a heartfelt thank you for the relief you provided this season.

The management system established under the 2007 Magnuson-Stevens reauthorization is extremely inflexible and sometimes contrary to common sense.

So, the take-home message is that the current Federal management system with regard to recreational fishing, in our view, forces a square peg in a round hole, causing high levels of frustration and loss of confidence in all of us.

Congress should amend the MMPA to bring the law into the 21st century.

Representative Johnson (LA) has introduced, the Streamlining Environmental Approvals Act of 2017, or the SEA Act.

We urge Congress to repair the MMPA, reasserting the law to protect marine mammals from real threats.

The SEA Act provides a common-sense approach to ensure that offshore energy exploration...can move forward.

I do not necessarily always agree with economists, but I do in this case think they are probably right when they say that a consumption tax base is more conducive to economic growth.