Biomass energy is estimated to contribute over 7 percent of Mississippi's total energy consumption--that amount is double the national average.

I'd like to thank the Undersecretary and Directors for testifying before this committee today.

This scientific research is so important to a rural, agricultural State like Mississippi.

Commissioner Keys, it is good to have a westerner who talks with a southern accent and I am glad Sheffield, Alabama, taught you how to say things right.

Corps levees and floodwalls protect millions of homes, farms, and businesses.

I am disappointed that there are many important areas that seem to me to be inadequately funded if we were to approve this budget request without any changes.

I am very concerned that this budget submission shortchanges these programs.

I want to carefully address the budget proposal and consider it very carefully.

I appreciate the hard work the Corps of Engineers does in the state of Mississippi and around the country in carrying out its responsibilities.

Thank you all, gentlemen, for your cooperation with the committee and being here today and presenting the budget request for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Nobody really supports individuals doing wrong. As long as the pursuit of the wrongdoers is within the confines of the laws and on balance, then the general public will support it. And I don't know any people that I talk to who support…

People sympathize with people who make mistakes. And those people who are Christian hope that the people who do wrong will see the error of their ways and seek some opportunities for redemption.