John Mica: “It is ridiculous to have a rule that is just so expensive that isn't going to help anybody.”

This isn't very glamorous. But just look at the progress we've made.

The bipartisan cooperation has been very effective in moving this forward.

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…

We tried to get them to comply, but they never did fully comply.