John Mica: “The only thing that turned this whole spigot off was the hearing that we did.”

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

Again, if you don't have communication, I mean, when they couldn't communicate--and we held funds up a couple of times. I think I participated in that to get your attention.

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…