John Mica: “We have an important responsibility to look at these matters.”

Fifteen years later, we see a system that has not complied with the laws that we have passed multiple times.

It's destructive and not welcome.

I assure you, Mr. Evans, it will have repercussions up here among your allies and your partners.

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…