Mike Simpson actually said...

"Sustained funding to keep restoration projects on schedule is critical to avoiding collapse of the ecosystem, the economy and the drinking water supply for 7.5 million Floridians and millions of touri..."

"I went up one day to the Nez Perce reservation and they have a program that they are working with the University of Idaho on that does exactly what you are talking about."

"We can't do that. It puts a lot of pressure on the rest of the budget to do that and it does not fix the problem."

"We have got a $700 billion backlog. This means in 350 years we can address the backlog that exists today."