Garret Graves actually said...

"I don't understand how the Corps can go enforce laws and say to the American taxpayer, you have to comply with this law, yet the Corps itself is ignoring many laws that we write here on this committee..."

"The last thing in the world we need is to have $1 trillion sitting in the bank because we can't spend it because we are stuck on preconstruction activities."

"This project is not going to be the silver bullet, but it together with other proposals... will provide substantial relief."

"I want to understand how these laws are being implemented to advise your budgeting decisions..."