05/23/2017
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"As we are facing in the Great Lakes, a monumental challenge of additional rainfall that is washing over our watersheds at a much higher rate and taking with it a lot of nutrients."
"We generally get an administration in place that doesn't give us enough money for the Corps knowing how vital this is to people's districts that we will restore it."
"I really want to create a sort of Mississippi River Corridor discussion, all the way from the Red River Valley up in Minnesota, all the way down to you in Louisiana."
"I urge the Committee to fund adaptation and mitigation efforts through the Army Corps of Engineers."