Ben Cardin

I think we have to work together.

We have to focus on new ways of doing business that offer us better results for less money where possible, doing more with less, rather than less with less.

The Army Corps must move quickly to finalize the Great Lakes-Mississippi River Inter-Basin Study.

I appreciate you holding this hearing today to discuss the Army Corps' Civil Works' water resources programs.

I fully support Chairwoman Boxer's efforts to include a Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund guarantee in the next WRDA bill.

We have to rebuild smarter, stronger and more resilient.

These programs are incredibly important to Maryland's economy and the health of the Chesapeake Bay.

Reauthorizing WRDA this year helps keep our economy on the right course.

The high quality jobs associated with maintaining and building our waterways infrastructure makes reauthorizing WRDA all the more important.

I am very pleased that our committee is not wasting any time in working on reauthorizing the Water Resources Development Act.

Keeping our port open and the channels dredged is essential not just for Maryland, but for the Nation.

I appreciate you holding this hearing today to discuss the importance of America's ports and the work the Corps does to maintain the economic viability of our ports.

There is a sense of urgency here.

We are not going to be as competitive as we need to be.

Where is the fairness here? The moneys are there.

I appreciate and share his interest in reauthorizing the Water Resources Development Act and I am grateful that the two of you are not wasting any time in getting back to work on the 2013 WRDA bill.

We need the projects to maintain the dredging capacities for this to work.

We have to do a better job.

The urgency here is clear.

The high quality jobs associated with maintaining and building our infrastructure makes reauthorizing WRDA all the more important.

We have to get it done. We have to get this to where it needs to be done.

The economic impact of the work that we are doing here is clear: this is jobs, jobs.

I believe the world is safer today because America is better understood around the world.

Benghazi was a tragedy. We have all acknowledged that, the loss of American life.

I ask my colleague--I daresay most people in this country do not know what a motion to proceed is all about. They do not realize the majority leader cannot bring a bill. A bill might be reported. We might have a farm bill or a Defense…