we do need another bridge crossing in between those two bridges.

The political support was not there, and a small group of influential people who lived in the corridor convinced the political leadership that it shouldn't be built.

We will have to come up with something, one way or the other, by late July, early August.

Good morning and thank you for joining me in Baton Rouge today for the Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee hearing on the need to invest Federal funding to relieve traffic congestion and improve our roads and bridges at…

I think that would be very negative and that they should really focus on a five, 6-year bill.

I think the secretary is absolutely right, we need to build political and citizen support for whatever is being planned.

As I said, tolling can and should be an important piece of the puzzle.

I think this is flat out outrageous, that the administration would pretend that the proposal would not have a substantial and a direct impact on small businesses.

The sweeping language in the proposal represents a direct threat to private property rights.

Advocacy believes, first, the rule will impose direct costs on small businesses. Second, these costs will have a significant economic impact on those small businesses. And, third, the agencies incorrectly certified the rule and should have…

I will be following up on this issue with a resolution about the EPA and the Corps, in my opinion, flagrantly ignoring the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

WRRDA 2014 has crystal clear language that the Corps has a responsibility to perform operation and maintenance on the IHNC Surge and Barge Sector Gates, on the West Closure Complex and on the Harvey Canal Sector Gates, and that the cost…

I appreciate your kind words about the WRRDA 2014 bill that I helped draft and pass, but you can tell your superiors that rather than kind words, what I really want is simply the Corps to follow the law in regard to that.

We should take special consideration of restoring storm-safe housing for lower income residents, those who can the least afford to return because of their income.

I think that's inexcusable, and I know it's a decision by your superiors... I think, is ridiculous, quite frankly.

That was never the case before. It's always been built into the system.

we're not going to drop this issue... it's going to be very simple to the local authorities.

We should work toward achieving more safety for critical and public buildings, in terms of elevation, because the funds acquired for rebuilding them will never come to us again.

We should demand and have implemented by the government, and its contractors, efficient and effective post disaster recovery, including mitigation.

my request is not going to interfere with anything. That is a bunch of bull. My request is that I be allowed to modify the language of my own amendment which is pending, and it is not going to interfere with any other amendment. Let's be…

this is not being blocked by Senator Cotton. Everybody knows that. Senator Cotton made it clear that he would happily agree to get amendments up for a vote. This has been a determined, choreographed effort to close the door during an open…

I have an amendment to the Iran sanctions bill which is pending. This is amendment No. 1186. I come to the floor to attempt to modify my own amendment simply by taking out section 2 of the amendment. I have given this proposed modification…

And, so, if that were done, which I certainly support and am advocating through my bill, that would be fully consistent with the Federal standards.

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