James Oberstar: “I salute our chairman for moving decisively, and bringing this issue to closure in the House and I hope closure in the…”

The diverse water resources challenges throughout the United States are often studied, planned, and managed in individual 'silos,' independently of other water areas and projects.

The City of Marquette kept its part of the agreement, conveyed property to the Coast Guard for $1, and now is going to be stuck with the bill. The problem is that the way the transfer worked out, the statutory PAYGO rules preclude…

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

We must move away from complete reliance on public funding for infrastructure and forge a new, stronger connection between private capital and infrastructure needs.