Thad Cochran: “I understand that the Army's unfunded requirements list includes a $3.1 billion increase in end strength beyond the…”

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

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

And I plan to use my best efforts to identify the areas that we can make improvements in, and take a hard look, but at the same time realize we need to get a bill.

I am concerned that the 22 percent funding cut proposed for NIH could negatively affect longstanding research endeavors.