I encourage you to support and provide adequate funding for new watershed projects and for the rehabilitation of aging watershed dams.
By the end of 2017, nearly 5,500 structures will have reached the end of their intended life-span.
I am confident that a modest investment now will pay off greatly over the next 70 years, across rural America.
I introduced legislation to rehabilitate many of our watershed projects through the Small Watershed Rehabilitation Act.
The USDA Small Watershed Program changed the face of western Oklahoma and when it did . . . it also changed our future.
We have been blessed that we had some Federal dollars for rehab in Oklahoma, thanks to Congressman Lucas, in the 2014 Fa...
Nothing can be more important than protecting our natural resources, the lives of our fellow citizens, our domesticated ...
This hearing of the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry entitled, Small Watershed Infrastructure: Continuing the M...
It is not all about the structures. You talked about in Georgia, it is about managing the land above that.
This institution has continued to fulfill its' Congressional mission, as directed by this Committee, for nearly 30 years...
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