Peter DeFazio actually said...

We are taking testimony on an issue and an area upon which this committee has no jurisdiction...

DeFazio points out the committee's lack of jurisdiction over the EPA and Clean Water Act.

10/09/2013

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We know there is constant probing, some of it being done by nation-states, not just terrorist groups, nation-states hostile to the U.S.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I'm going to return to a theme I've brought up for years which is that Congress is not adequately funding the Corps of Engineers.

We have a backlog of somewhere between $48 billion and $54 billion for ongoing budgeted projects.