We can appreciate the fact that your Agency has provided leadership in what I think is the way government should work...

But I also take pride in the fact that the vote was 407 to 18, and not that I have those 18 names laminated.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and welcome again, Administrator Pruitt and Ms. Greaves.

Simply put, this work would not happen without Federal support, which has leveraged financial contributions from States, industries, and communities.

Will the Great Lakes Interagency Task Force and Great Lakes Advisory Board be maintained?

I can assure you, you are going to be the first EPA administrator that has come before this committee in 8 years that actually gets more money than they ask for.

The Mulvaney budget, if enacted, would cripple our collective efforts, halt the progress we are making, and undermine the investments we have made to date.

It is clear that funding is vital to sustain an effective Federal, State, and local partnership to restore the Great Lakes.

Will the cost-share approach to cleaning up contaminated sediments under the Great Lakes Legacy Act continue?

Simply put, the Mulvaney budget appears to largely remove the Federal government as a partner in our work to restore and manage the Great Lakes. Is that fair?

I actually think defense has the priority, but there is no such relationship.