On the recordJune 29, 2012
Mr. President, I jumped the gun a little bit. This gives me a chance to explain it twice. Let me say there was a bipartisan agreement that was reached on this. I will not name names, but after it went over to the House, somebody dropped something in the middle of the night to change this whole process. The issue is not just so-called Asian carp; the issue is that if this language is allowed to proceed, we will be authorizing over $100 billion of potential spending to address this without any review by the Congress. All we ask for in our agreement was a simple opportunity to review the study by the Corps of Engineers so we can make a decision based on all the facts, which included over $100 billion of authorized spending. That is why I urge my colleagues to oppose any effort to waive this rule.
