"There is zero negative environmental impact."
"There has been no evidence of any detrimental impact on the ecosystem around Masonboro Inlet or the sound areas around Wrightsville Beach."
"If you want a wise expenditure of Federal funds, don't go sending us miles offshore."
"Congressman Rouzer's H.R. 524 proposes that certain borrow sites be exempted if these sites have been used by a coastal storm risk management program for more than 15 years."
"Mr. Rouzer's bill, H.R. 524, would restore reason to the process of how we maintain and restore beaches."
"The return on the Federal dollar spent is significantly higher than many projects that you continue to fund."
"This bill would provide that certainty."
"Congressman David Rouzer has introduced H.R. 524, which would exempt inlet borrow sources that were used to support beach nourishment projects for at least 15 years from CBRA."
"H.R. 524, the long and the short of it is, it fixes this problem in a very common-sense fashion by creating the exemption, making that permanent, which has been practiced for 50-plus years."
"The fact of the matter is that sand that is being dredged is the sand that came from the beach and the sand that really needs to go back to the beach to preserve the ecosystem."
"I represent a lot of constituents that are very frustrated about this particular issue."