Jim Inhofe

I have another minute and a half. Anyone want to comment on that, of the other three commissioners?

I would just ask you to do what you can to eliminate that.

These oversight hearings are of extreme importance.

Let me be clear. Our situation today is not analogous to what it was in 1998.

I personally appreciate your service.

I urge you to take a page out of Chairman Jackson's playbook and tackle these challenges.

Before moving forward with her nomination, it is important to know the White House's intentions on the open seat.

Thank you, Senator Boxer.

Now, will you commit to us now in this meeting that you will follow the direction of Congress, specifically the Appropriations Committee, and language that is coming your way and stop trying to regulate ordinary farming, whether you think…

It seems like the Corps is looking for ways... to say no instead of yes.

I have always been supportive of the Corps' role in support our Nation's critical infrastructure.

This is our second hearing on the 2016 Water Resources Development Act or WRDA.

But it was considered to be a new activity.

We are back on schedule to pass a Water Resources Development Act every two years.

Move quicker. This is something we are going to try to get the Corps to do on a couple of areas.

Our aggregate pilot inventory meets current authorizations.

All, we are working with OSD to help facilitate the timely hiring civilians at our depots, shipyards and ammunition plants.

As we find ourselves in a situation where we are downgrading, China and Russia are not standing still.

We have more mission than money, manpower, and time.

All, is the current defense budget sufficient to simultaneously rebuild the readiness of each of your services and modernize the force for the future while continuing current operations around the globe?

All, would each of you agree that budget constraints have forced each service to prioritize near-term readiness at expense of capacity, capability, modernization, and infrastructure?

The only way, if we are going to try to reinstate our position of superiority, is to go ahead and do what's necessary in all the possible scenarios.

I wrote EPA a letter on March the 10th on this topic, but the response received yesterday doesn't really answer the question, I don't believe.

I do believe that the science would indicate that our climate is changing.

But expecting that and knowing that are two different things.