This is an all-hands-on-deck moment. This is an all-of-the-above strategy that is needed.

Mr. Chairman, we need to take that to heart, right from the horse's mouth.

Every time we raised this with China, they would say nobody was responsible for it or was actually doing this.

There was much made of our need to tighten our borders for a variety of reasons--human trafficking, drugs, and other illicit activities.

Why do we focus on China? Well, that is because that is where a lot of this stuff is coming from.

Five people die every hour from this opioid epidemic, which means 12 or 13, people have died since we just started this hearing.

It is not enough just to deal with the symptoms of the problems, and we will be talking a lot about that today--but also the root cause of these problems.

This is an all-hands-on-deck moment, and I think we are starting to sense that urgency.

the comprehensive postal reform goes a long way in keeping us on that financial footing and allowing us to invest in it.

The Chinese have to feel like they have a dog in this fight, and there are some in China who frankly would like to see us further weakened as a Nation.

No State has been immune to the damage that these drugs have caused, including my home State of Delaware.

This is a multilayered problem. We need a multilayered approach.

as a native West Virginian, I want to say how proud I am of our colleague, Mr. Manchin. Perhaps you have heard the old saying: I am Tom Carper or I am so- and-so, and I approve this message. We do a lot of that on political campaigns…

The underfunding in port infrastructure alone cited by them, I guess last year, $65 billion in investment over the next 10 years.

Their infrastructure report card estimated, I think, about $162 billion in investments that are needed in dams, levees, inland waterways, and so forth.

if things are worth having, they are worth paying for. This is worth having.

We find this Administration black box to be a problem and a disservice to the American people.

I think it is appropriate.

We have to do better than this if we are serious.

As you know, while Corps projects have a large national value, many times they primarily impact the local economy or the local health and safety, and it seems this gets lost in the current budgeting process.

We just love the folks who work out of your Philadelphia office and just value very much the wonderful work they do not just for us, but up and down the Delmarva.

Not every member of our Committee, in their comments and questions, have raised the issue of our failure to appropriate the dollars that are needed to enable the Army Corps of Engineers to do your job.

if a thing is worth having, they are worth paying for.

As the 2017 hurricane season illustrated, our nation... needs to be a resilient one that is ready for the next storm, flood, or drought event, because it is coming.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a question, but I am not going to ask it now. I just want to flag it for Mr. Cochran with regard to flood risk management and beach nourishment.