Duncan Faircloth: “I rise to commend Senator Domenici on an excellent bill. We all realize that he and his staff have been overwhelmed by…”

“I rise to commend Senator Domenici on an excellent bill. We all realize that he and his staff have been overwhelmed by requests for this bill, in particular by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project requests. I think I speak for all of us when I say that he has done an excellent job balancing out the requests. No one received all he or she requested, but I believe we have all been treated fairly. In this vein, I want to comment on a very worthy project from Charlotte, NC, which was not able to be included in the bill, the Mecklenburg County streambank stabilization and restoration project. I am informed that the House has allotted $1 million for this very worthy project. When we go to conference, I look forward to working with Senator Domenici to ensure that the House appropriation for this matter remains in the final bill. The project is a good one, and seeks innovative methods of addressing problems of degradation of streams, pollution of surface waters, and flood protection. It also enjoys widespread support in the Charlotte area.”