James Oberstar: “We just want them to do their jobs. But we need to monitor what they are doing.”

We want to protect our waters. We want to protect our wetlands. We want to provide for future generations.

But we all also recognize that the potential cost of meeting these needs is immense.

I thank the gentlewoman for her courageous lead on this issue. This $35 billion for Afghanistan is roughly equivalent to the amount in the Recovery Act for highways and transit. If instead of Afghanistan these funds were invested at home…

The Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 is a bill this committee has worked on for the past 4 years, actually 6 years, starting in the time of the Republican majority, when our committee was united, our committee was unified behind this…