I don't think we can have a net loss of wetlands.
That is one of the few areas that has been up.
50 percent of the businesses in the oil and gas industry have laid off workers as a result of your policies.
That is not an All of the Above strategy.
I'm going to be on a tear this year to focus on our water transport because it's crucial.
But right now, it's got to come from the Administration, and I've got to ask you all to be forceful and fight the fight, and we'll back you ...
And I agree with the Senator that we have to think big, but we're going to need a bigger budget to do that.
We need to ask the Administration, starting with the thinking that's already done, to think with us, and provide a vision, an idea, for what...
This budget is wholly insufficient, and it's not your fault, Madam Chair. It's our fault as the general Appropriations Committee, and we hav...
There's no way around it. And until we can figure out a way to put more private and public money on the table, we're not going to get there.
We also have to be sensitive to the taxpayers that are picking up this tab.
Well, Madam Chair, I'm with you 1,000 percent. I serve on the Appropriations Committee, obviously, I'm on the subcommittee, but I can honest...
This budget that we have in front of us... simply does not have enough money to maintain or invest or build the structures that we have to t...
It's going to bankrupt us.
People have heard that before and then they see their prices go up even higher.
So, Madam Chair, just think about this big picture for a minute. Of all the waterways in the country that bring in resources from the South,...
We are losing jobs because of your policies.
However, for the fiscal year 2013 budget year, the President proposes a $48 million decrease.
