Peter Visclosky: “Mr. Chairman, I rise not to object to the Boehlert amendment. I will not do so, but I do think it is imperative that the…”

“Mr. Chairman, I rise not to object to the Boehlert amendment. I will not do so, but I do think it is imperative that the House understand the situation relative to funding for the Army Corps of Engineers. A year ago on this floor, in considering the bill, we had several very serious controversies relative to wetland regulation. When the budget was sent to the United States Congress in January of this year, those rules were not yet in effect. Subsequent to that period of time, they went into effect, and the Army Corps of Engineers has estimated that the additional cost to ensure that there is no delay to developers and contractors and members of the general public would be 6 million additional dollars over and above the budget request. Those $6 million are not contained in this bill.”