This timeframe is unacceptable given the magnitude of the threat to Louisiana's coastline.

Louisiana is losing land as we speak.

the Federal permitting timeline of nearly 5 years for this urgent, already long studied project is unacceptable

I look forward to working with this Committee to restore the Mississippi River Delta Coalition.

a targeted legislative solution is required, which if done carefully and without damage to the underlying statute, we support

I believe the Corps and the Bureau of Reclamation need to work together to address this challenge.

we have a coastal crisis.

It has required our State to develop, in a bipartisan fashion, a comprehensive plan referred to as the Louisiana Comprehensive Master Plan for Sustainable Coasts.

So I urge my colleagues to work with me in a bipartisan way to find these solutions to the enactment of the WRDA bill in 2018.

Republicans just passed the largest tax reform package in 30-something years, and middle America will go home in February with bigger paychecks than they did--I say in February because it will not take that long for the IRS to update their…

All right, man. You're on the right track. In fact, this closes as we get that work straight in government. Now we got to be able to pay for it. And that's the challenge.

We created the position that Dr. McCance-Katz is the first to hold to create the authority to untangle this mess.

I would echo that and I thank the Administration for appointing you, because you seem as irritated about some things that I am irritated about, and they are good things to be irritated about.

Government has a role and Government has a role at its best to help those who are most vulnerable.

I also thank you, Dr. McCance-Katz, for an excellent testimony.

A bill under consideration today is one I introduced with Senator Rubio, the Small Scale LNG Access Act of 2017.

a U.S. Senator from the State of Louisiana

I would like to submit a letter for the record that I, along with Senator Barrasso and Chairman Murkowski, sent to Secretary Perry in support of the Department of Energy proposed rule.

there has been bipartisan interest in how we can make the grids more resilient for those two places.

I think we could get bipartisan support, if it was somehow tied to increased use of renewables and a microgrid.

Increasing LNG exports, even on a small scale, will positively impact the economies of the U.S. and those receiving the U.S. gas.

I would like to comment on the positive aspects of the bill we are about to vote on. The most positive thing I can say about this is that working families and middle-income families across the Nation will be better off. Families who over…

today I wish to discuss the historic rehabilitation tax credit. During the Finance Committee markup of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the committee adopted my amendment to return the historic rehabilitation tax credit to the 20 percent level…

I would like to take a short break from talking about the tax bill to talking about something equally as important and much more poignant. I will first recognize and honor fellow Americans serving overseas in our military--men and women…

I was working with Senator Schatz and some others as regards how to have a public health fund...