In WRDA 2024, I am requesting a feasibility study of the Spring Lake Project recommended in the East St. Louis and Vicinity Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction Project report.

The Mississippi River also serves as a vital waterway to growers and producers in my congressional district, allowing them to get their goods to market.

I was proud to secure an EPA coordinator to help us resolve this issue, and the Army Corps of Engineers has worked collaboratively with the State of Illinois to address this in the past.

I have worked hard to address barriers to access to care for our veterans, specifically disability exams for our rural veterans.

today, the Senate will vote to confirm Kato Crews to the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. Born in Pueblo, CO, Judge Crews received his B.A. from the University of Northern Colorado and his J.D. from the University of…

When we started talking about telehealth everybody thought how great it is. It is true for the rural area.

Addressing these challenges is essential in safeguarding our communities and enhancing the resilience of eastern North Carolina against the detrimental effects of flooding.

I go home and my veterans are still saying the same thing. I cannot get health care and I cannot get my benefits.

I want to express my support for two projects under their administration and oversight in North Carolina's First Congressional District--the Tar-Pamlico River Basin project and the Princeville, North Carolina project.

Flooding is a recurring issue in eastern North Carolina due to frequent hurricanes, tropical storms, and heavy rainfall.

The Federal Government has a solemn duty to ensure our duties have the care and respect they were promised.

To that end, consistent with IIJA congressional intent, I request that the Committee adjust funding levels to ensure that the federal government continues to cover 100 percent of the cost.

We all lose, and importantly each and every one of our constituents lose, if we aren't able to pass this bill.

if Dallas County does not receive an increase in authorization, this Congress would be responsible for an unacceptable waste of taxpayer dollars.

I am a rural veteran, as many members on this committee are.

I also request, alongside our Illinois senators, modification to the scope and authorization ceiling for Madison and St. Clair Counties, Illinois.

I appreciate Ranking Member Takano and the members of the Committee for standing shoulder to shoulder with me in a bipartisan manner to do that.

Unless modified in WRDA 2024, the disparity between projected costs reflect in IIJA funding levels and subsequent real world project costs threatens to jeopardize and delay critical ongoing and planned capital improvements.