"Congress needs to get it funded as soon as possible."
"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.'"
"these hearings matter, because they allow us to create the congressional record that justifies the actions we want to take."
"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 ..."
"I made and will continue to make any legislative solution to address this water flow as my number-one priority"
"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."