We taxpayers trust this Corporation for National and Community Service to administer $750 million in some kind of effective and accountable manner.

That will never happen in the private sector. Thank you, ma'am. I yield my time. Thank you.

For every dollar invested in the Everglades and Okeechobee watershed, $4 of economic benefits are produced.

CERP was created by the Congress in the State of Florida in 2000.

CERP was set up to share the cost 50/50 between the State and the Federal Government.

I agree with your comments about how successful self-insurance plans have been.

Every part we can complete of these projects will help move the ball forward.

For every dollar invested in the Everglades/Lake Okeechobee watershed restorations, $4 of economic benefit will be produced.

Some of the people down there say, 'if we do not get $20 billion, just forget the whole thing.' That is irrational.

The marshes will clean the water if we get the right amount going slow enough at the right depth that they can do their job.

a government that's big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take away everything you have.