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We will never address the backlog because it would have gone over the 20 years more than we are paying it down probably.

The backlog maintenance is a real problem.

I think part of that process is probably going to continue, but if we could say, 'here are the priorities that this Nation wants to finish' and then fund those...

I think, one, we need a strategy, and we are working on a capital investment strategy.

As a Great Lakes member, I would ask you to address serious and widely held concerns about Great Lakes' dredging needs.

I appreciate you being here today, and look forward to working with you on your budget, and making sure we can move this Agency forward.

I appreciate your willingness to work with the water users in the State of Idaho in trying to address this.

I appreciate your willingness to work with us, and that is really all I am asking, is a commitment that you will keep working with these individuals to address the concerns.

Ever since we started the adjudication process, the first day I got into politics, the first issue was adjudication.

As you can tell we have 4 members from California on this Committee, and consequently when California has a drought, we have a hearing.

If non-Federal partners are going to pay for it, do you do the technical expertise and the design, do they then own it?

But the budget constraints--this is paper stuff. It is money that we are spending somewhere right now.

Have you reviewed the results of the red teams and the recommendations on the MOX alternative and do you see any issues implementing that alternative?

Why such a steep reduction, and can DOE fulfill all of its commitments to clean up the River Corridor at this funding level?

Then we can make a determination about where it belongs, so we know what our total liabilities are in the future.

How are we progressing about moving facilities to EM that need to be moved to EM and getting them out of the laboratory part of the budget?

So you are saying that with the proposal currently by the Administration to down blend and package this stuff and ship it to WIPP, it won't delay the schedule of things that are already scheduled to go to WIPP?

Ok. NNSA's new proposal to start shipping plutonium to WIPP, will that take up any of the limited shipping capacity?