Thad Cochran: “I think you have done an excellent job in outlining the issues that we need to be aware 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.

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.

If we go back in sequestration, what affect would it have on the Corps of Engineers, Mr. Speer?