Garret Graves

I was a little offended by the suggestion that anybody who has received a contribution suddenly has been bought in regard to an agenda.

I agree with you. And it is something we have been battling to try to address now for many years.

I do believe that the climate is changing, and I think I have said that at virtually every hearing we have had where climate has been discussed.

South Louisiana has lost 2,000 square miles, and it is really extraordinary, and it is losing communities, it is losing people.

I can't tell you how much I appreciate somebody else walking into this Committee to talk about south Louisiana.

I want to ask to insert in the record two things.

I do appreciate that you all have taken steps, I do.

That law that we worked closely with your delegation in putting together does provide some additional flexibility and dollars on more resilient reconstruction.

We are also the top fisheries producer, in terms of commercial fisheries in the continental United States.

That letter was signed by Senators Schumer, Cantwell, Menendez, and Markey. That letter was written to the President of the United States, asking that the President work with our OPEC allies to increase--to increase--global oil production.

I claim the time in opposition, but I don't intend to oppose the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I thank the gentleman from North Carolina and thank the Rules Committee for making this in order. Madam Chair, I urge adoption, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the…

Yes. Absolutely. That is the intention that we would not exceed the authorized amount of the project authorized by the Corps or by FEMA. As I indicated, we couldn't build a project more than once, so whatever that authorized level is in…

The chairman brings up a good point in that is the authorized amount the full authorized amount that the Federal law for a Corps of Engineers project provides? For example, if Congress authorized a flood protection project for $100…

I appreciate the gentleman's question, and certainly there is no intention under the provision as written to appropriate or provide more funds than are authorized under the existing act or allocated to that State or county or parish or…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 58, line 10, strike ``That such'' and all that follows through ``of Engineers:'' on line 13 and insert…

I couldn't have said it better myself, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, with that, I will again say I support this legislation. I think the policy concept of revenue sharing from energy production is a solid one, but we have got to make sure that…

If I ran a government, I don't know why I would have a redundant system of something I owned, and also have an oversight board that is government, as well.

I don't understand how we are going to come in and make these massive investments, yet we are not going to yield any type of governance changes.

I really struggle with us dumping--and dumping is not the right word--investing, because I was an advocate for recovery dollars for Puerto Rico.

Things can co-exist. They can. You can have both energy production and you can have a very productive ecosystem.

The Federal Government under the Obama administration did not do a good job using those resources.

The energy production on private lands has completely smoked that on Federal lands.

I want to thank the gentleman from Ohio for offering this amendment. DMMP's dredged material management plans are plans to manage the sediment that results from dredging activities. It can hold up the navigation of channels for ships and…

This amendment is designed to largely address, I think, a flaw that this underlying bill addresses in the cost-to-benefit ratio calculations used by the Corps of Engineers, by OMB, and others. This particular amendment is focused on…