I wanted to make a point on this particular Portsmouth facility and the Department of Energy's seeming inability to help communities transition. Whether it is coal-fired utilities and the issues that coal country faces in general or here…

I thank the chairman for yielding and for your sympathy toward the intent of the amendment. I commend Congresswoman Hahn and Congressman Huizenga for elevating the question of our ports. Waterborne shipping is the most-efficient mode for…

There is no objection from our side. We look forward to working with the gentleman. In your region of the country, the Midwest, the Great Lakes, and the Northeast, in particular, those needs are huge.

The chairman and I work very closely on matters like this. It is difficult because of the fact that we have no new starts. We have a backlog that is enormous. And the Corps is under pressure. But we will be very happy to work with the…

I thank the gentleman for raising this important issue. I agree we should set our public transparency standards high when looking at taxpayer-funded projects. A portion of the risk-based data management activity is intended to be used for…

I yield myself an additional 10 seconds. I look forward to the debate and working with Chairman Simpson, a gracious chairman, to complete the task before us to strengthen liberty as she encounters the challenges of a new era. I want to…

I wanted to thank the gentleman from the Lake Okeechobee region of Florida (Mr. Murphy) and the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Cleaver) for the very effective manner in which they have handled themselves in bringing this to our attention…

Could I offer the opinion that, if the gentleman found different offsets, this Member, as an Ohioan, would be very interested in supporting the workers in Portsmouth and in that region of Ohio which are so devastated. At the moment, I…

I would like to inquire as to the time remaining. The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Ohio has 15\1/2\ minutes remaining.

And Members, I rise to oppose the amendment because it doesn't make any sense to me to make it harder for the Corps to do its job when we know they have backlogs in projects of over $60 billion. We are increasing funding for the Corps to…

I claim the time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Ohio is recognized for 5 minutes.

The gentleman stood up earlier this afternoon and was trying to cut from really essential accounts. And I accept his desire to try to balance the budget. When his party shut down the government and threw the wrench of shutdown into every…