And Mr. Rodrigues, you mentioned several programs locally could qualify for funding for various aspects of flood mitigation; is that----

I want to first thank Senator Inhofe, who is the Chair of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

I really want to thank Allan Kittleman for his extraordinary leadership on this issue and so many others.

What do you need from Congress in order to move that along?

It provides tremendous increased resources for water projects in our country.

I thank you for that because we're going to have to be creative.

I've talked to all three of those--of my Senators I just mentioned, and they all are interested in learning how Federal Government can be a more effective partner in dealing with the realities that we see on these more frequent floods.

I'm proud to have as my partner in all this Senator Van Hollen.

we need, obviously, to have a plan.

Federal historic tax credits are not well equipped for small Main Street-type projects. They need to be updated to reflect the needs.

So the Environment and Public Works Committee plays a very important role in that regard.

Thank you very much.

Well, thank you both for your testimony.

So, for structural, it appears like you would need specific authority and funding from Congress; is what you're saying?

We're going to do everything humanly possible to preserve Ellicott City. It is a treasure.

It just points out one more time the need for structural considerations here, that we are dealing with a watershed problem.

We think it's a tool that can be utilized in smaller settings for small businesses, et cetera, and private property owners.

If there's an opportunity, probably in the next Congress, we're going to be revisiting the tax credits, and there's bipartisan support for strengthening the historic tax credits.