01/20/2014
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"Continuing to grossly underfund water infrastructure projects in this Nation is counter to economic development and the creation of high-paying middle-class jobs."
"I think he raises an excellent point. And I understand the constraints, you know, Secretary Darcy, that you are under."
"the budget that we are reviewing today with the Army Corps of Engineers, this amount represents the smallest percentage of the Federal budget in more than 200-year history of the Army Corps."
"Louisiana and the Gulf Coast could literally allocate the entire budget in just projects that we have that are authorized and that are literally shovel-ready."