Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, I rise to offer this amendment to the underlying legislation, H.R. 729, the Coastal and Great Lakes Communities Enhancement Act. My amendment seeks to provide critical reforms to duplicative, burdensome, and outdated policies that hamper energy exploration and critical coastal restoration. To be clear, coastal restoration is vital to deterring ecosystem degradation and fueling economic sustainability for communities who call this southernmost part of Louisiana home. The loss of our coastal areas presents an increased threat to safety within residential communities, and it negatively impacts business investments due to the difficulty in obtaining insurance. Since the 1930s, Louisiana has suffered nearly 1,900 square miles of land loss, and it is anticipated to lose an additional 4,000-plus, unless Congress acts to loosen the regulations that have delayed critical projects that bolster vulnerable habitats and communities. Take my home State of Louisiana, for example, which has greatly suffered from overreaching government regulation. In March of 2017, the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana announced the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Project was going to be delayed an additional 2 years due to permitting issues.…”