Sam Graves

We need to get back to that and improving that.

My intent is hopefully working with the Democrats on the committee to put together a big, broad bipartisan infrastructure bill.

Folks often say we can't afford to build these projects. I will say we can't afford not to.

I will say it again, thank you very much. I think that, as we move forward, I look forward to working with Mrs. Napolitano and Members on both sides of the aisle on fundamental change.

I have often been a strong critic of the Corps processes.

I would urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this important legislation. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Graves)…

I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this important legislation. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Yoder). The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Missouri (Mr…

I would urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this important legislation. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Graves)…

the disconnect is that no never means no, yes never means yes.

It is time for someone to take the lead, and this committee should take the lead.

I find it sad that it took me--I was working for Ford Motor at the time--it took me 17 minutes from my house to my job back 20 years ago. Now it takes me an hour and a half.

It is my understanding also that I think as of last week there were over 9,000 containers that were sitting at port facilities in Puerto Rico.

Let me be very clear, that is exactly what it is.

So I want to make sure I am understanding this. First of all, let me say that I think that using Reserve capacity to augment full time is a cost-effective strategy, provided that these folks can seamlessly integrate, provided that they…

Right now, under the Jones Act, are foreign vessels prohibited from bringing cargo into Puerto Rico?

We need smarter asset management and increased efficiencies in our water systems, and to do so, we need to incentivize the adoption of new and innovative technologies that will cut costs and improve water quality.

I urge all of my colleagues to please support H.R. 1684, and I yield back the balance of my time.

With that, I would urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this important piece of legislation. I yield back the balance of my time. =========================== NOTE =========================== June 26, 2017, on page H5144, the…

With that, I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this important piece of legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from California (Mr…

My recommendation is to put them back under the control, if not under FEMA, at least under the control of FEMA.

Let's buy our risk down by making smarter investments on mitigation.

If there were an incident up there, we have already seen Russian aggression up in the Arctic area. Their capabilities, if I remember right, are--what is it?--40 times more than we have in the United States.

I would like to hear a commitment from you that we are going to figure out how to work through this and develop an interim strategy.

I think that there is just complete support among the members of this committee about our strong concerns about the lack of icebreaking capability in the United States compared to other Arctic nations.

We need to address the very real affordability concerns raised by the communities in a way that does not weaken the Clean Water Act protections.