Marco Rubio

Well, as you work on the operation manual, do you plan to emphasize water conservation?

Do you know how much more water Georgia has requested? And when you consider that request, how do you account for the impact that any additional withdrawal is going to have on the entire water system?

What we want is basically to take a count of the volume and then basically have a system of fairness that would apportion it across the states that use it.

Well, my last question is, why does the process of drafting an environmental impact statement take so long? And are there any plans to expedite that?

I look forward to continuing to work with the Committee on these very important issues, answering any questions you may have.

The funding is not going to be easy, but we are going to have to find it.

The hearing is entitled, 'The Effects of Water Flows in Apalachicola Bay: Short- and Long-Term Perspectives.'

The goal of today's hearing. We have two primary goals. The first is we want to continue to build the Congressional Record that we will be able to go back and use to justify our continued efforts to congressionally direct the Army Corps of…

These hearings matter, because they allow us to create the congressional record that justifies the actions we want to take.

Congress needs to get it funded as soon as possible.

The reason why I ask is that might be one of the things we want to include in any sort of funding vis-a-vis the emergency declaration.

Anyone who is in this meeting today, no matter what state you are from, would recognize that a solution is required.

The legislation passed by the Committee, the Environment and Public Works Committee, included a provision that was supported by myself, Senator Nelson, and the Senators from Alabama, Senator Sessions and Senator Shelby.

I made and will continue to make any legislative solution to address this water flow as my number-one priority

The frustration felt by this community, by myself, by Senator Nelson, by Congressman Southerland, by Governor Scott, and the entire Florida community is barely measured by the number of folks attending here today.

When we talk about these issues sometimes in terms of science or in terms of numbers or even in terms of dollars, we forget the human lives.

We think the bay can recover. It has done so in the past; there is no reason that it can't do it in the future.

Florida's economy depends on a healthy environment.

Senators Nelson and Rubio expressed their concern for the natural and human resources in Franklin County.

The water flows of the Chattahoochee, Flint, Apalachicola River system have been an issue for over twenty years.

The dispute is the proper subject for resolution by Congress.

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