I hope this committee and Congress will act quickly and decisively to push the Corps forward with funding and oversight so repairs could be made as soon as possible.

Congress needs to spend money up front to prevent the damages in the first place.

Food production makes the United States strong.

We are looking at the consequences of federal policy failing to reflect the critical role that levees play beyond flood prevention, such as maintaining safe commercial navigation. This makes no sense and it's costing Southern Illinois…

We spend billions of dollars in flood recovery, and in comparison, we spend very little on prevention.

The federal government is responsible for maintaining our nation's ports, harbors, and waterways.

The people in my district--the farmers there, you know, this isn't about their land anymore. Their land is gone.

Now we can agree that the navigation threat is no longer just a threat, it is real.

This Committee is really in agreement with you. We just want to make sure we are positioned correctly.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 552, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $1,000,000)''. Page 552, line 1, after the…

The purpose of my amendment is to put the House on record in support of strengthening HUD's oversight of public housing. Many of my colleagues may have never heard of Cairo, Illinois, or what took place at the Alexander County Housing…

I thank the chairman for his support of the amendment. With this, it is our hope that things like what happened in Alexander County will not happen again; that proper oversight will be given. The effect that this has on people's lives is…

I appreciate the gentlewoman's support of the amendment. I also support the cosponsorship from Congressman Dan Lipinski and his support of these efforts as well. Madam Chair, with that, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division D (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

we want to make it that the process is as easy and as less stressful, because of the trauma itself

My amendment provides a much-needed increase of $3 million in funding to International Trade Administration Enforcement and Compliance to enforce the antidumping and counter vailing duty trade remedy laws. My proposed offset is a similar…

In closing, let me say that this is an issue that we have dealt with in this Nation for a very long time. This gives us the opportunity to aggressively go after those that are illegally importing and transporting those goods that are…

the VA provide the Subcommittee with a detailed timeline outlining what the VA has done to date to implement this section of the law.

These veterans have gone through an unimaginable ordeal and it is important for the VA to handle these sensitive cases properly.

As I said, this is vitally important. We have kept our head in the sand for a very, very long time on these issues.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 3, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $3,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000)''. The…

But our first obligation is to the veteran.

I know that all of us are wanting to make sure whatever we implement actually allows for the opportunity of these victims to make sure that they are processed correctly.

if you don't have specialists on those fields and getting them in the hand of the specialist, all you have done is got them in the hand of somebody to take care of it

It was strictly a case that if something like this occurred, you just didn't report it. You just didn't, at all.