John Mica: “What we have in place is not acceptable. The delays are just beyond comprehension.”

This is disgraceful, that we have Federal properties around the country--and the Department of Agriculture--again, went out there, visited, requested that we come up with a proposal.

I think it will save money and actually benefit projects that start with non-Federal dollars and can be a great advantage to some of those ports and other waterways that are at a disadvantage because of the distance of the project. So I…

It's just not acceptable. I'm sorry.

What kind of message does it send when they actually get elevated?