When I first arrived in Congress there were only two women on the Appropriations Committee.

This is a tragedy waiting to happen. Nuclear waste has engineering solutions. This is a political problem.

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.

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.

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 urge the Committee to fund adaptation and mitigation efforts through the Army Corps of Engineers.

I mean, that is simply dangerous for the nation.

We must also work together to find a permanent solution to nuclear waste.

We should move the Corps Budget forward, not cut it by a third.

These increases are simply not realistic given other constraints on the Federal budget, and unsustainable year over year.

Diplomatic engagement is a critical part of deterrence, which is something I am not sure everyone in this particular administration understands.