John Mica: “The most important thing we can do is get people working, and what a difference it does make in their lives.”

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…

We can take the income, the revenue, just from these properties and turn it over.

That's unacceptable. These people need help.

People are left in limbo because they don't know if they can rebuild their homes.