Thad Cochran: “I'm hopeful that we can work with you and General Van Antwerp and others in the Federal agencies and the Corps of…”

We want to know what the priorities are for funding.

Ensuring that the Corps has adequate funding to meet its responsibilities is a high priority of mine.

I understand that the Army's unfunded requirements list includes a $3.1 billion increase in end strength beyond the fiscal year 2017 NDAA mandate.

We appreciate very much your leadership in the research effort and we commend you and those who work with you for helping make sure we have what we need in order to make our nation safe and secure.