John Mica: “Then VanRoekel, he comes up and says today he is proud to announce the $1.37 billion in savings.”

I think we've made a lot of progress--unfortunately, in the wrong direction.

They're trying to exclude, instead of include.

This is a simple amendment. It does make an adjustment to the benefit-cost ratio for any navigation project carried out by the Army Corps of Engineers with non-Federal funds. This gives the Secretary, after the completion of any portion of…

It is the process. We have set up a system where nobody gets fired.