James Oberstar: “The Teamsters strongly support the language in H.R. 915, authored by Chairman Jim Oberstar.”

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.

I, too, have natural resources--national forests, national parks, wildlife refuges. When fire, as it does regularly, strikes the national forest, that land regenerates. The oil destroys. It likely cannot be restored by itself or by human…

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.