We need to expeditiously turn this funding around in order to rebuild and improve our water resources infrastructure.

And we would recommend that the Army Corps of Engineers utilize the non-Federal sponsors more to meet these challenges.

I do not remember who used the phrase, but it is one that I have often used that we need to design with nature instead of against nature.

So who would develop those standards?

I want to thank all of today's witnesses and especially Ms. Ufner in particular.

Therefore, it is imperative to the millions of Americans who rely on these projects that we ensure they are operating well into the future and serving the purposes for which they were developed.

Woman, I argue for wildlife, for water, and for a better environment, and it is because of these reasons that I encourage my colleagues to vote against H.R. 823.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Chair, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 1373, the Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act. This bill is very cleverly named to imply that it is safeguarding the Grand Canyon, something I believe…

As much as I appreciate my colleagues' desire to do something good, I must rise in opposition today to H.R. 823. As we all know, wilderness designations in theory implement natural management, meaning that man is to have a hands-off…

The facts are that there is a process that is underway, a process that has been established by Congress.

Today would be better spent discussing how to move forward the next Water Resources Development Act, a traditionally bipartisan effort.

I want to be clear--I understand the charged nature of this proposal and the potential for environmental disruption that can occur when mining operations are present.