05/20/2019
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"Unfortunately, there is no $4 billion surplus. There are $4 billion worth of IOUs in the harbor maintenance trust fund."
"I always like to encourage the use of two by fours since I have a number of manufacturers in my district."
"Thank you. Just to follow-up with Mr. Asplund, you very definitively said that the current fee structure is causing diversion."
"The harbor maintenance tax is probably a sore point with each of the four members here."