It seems like the Army Corps of Engineers and the administration's budget always gets marked down, knowing that Congress is going to plus it back up to where we think it is adequat...
We will never address the backlog because it would have gone over the 20 years more than we are paying it down probably.
I appreciate it, and thank you for your work and we look forward to working with you on this year's budget.
I appreciate your willingness to work with the water users in the State of Idaho in trying to address this.
The States and Fish and Wildlife Service do some watercraft inspections.
I appreciate you being here today, and look forward to working with you on your budget, and making sure we can move this...
I think part of that process is probably going to continue, but if we could say, 'here are the priorities that this Nati...
I think, one, we need a strategy, and we are working on a capital investment strategy.
If non-Federal partners are going to pay for it, do you do the technical expertise and the design, do they then own it?
the backlog maintenance is a real problem.
We certainly want to encourage local communities and private partnerships to be involved in this.