Peter DeFazio actually said...

I want to thank, again, my ranking member, Sam Graves, for joining me in a letter earlier this year.

Regular enactment of WRDA sends a signal of predictability, both to the Corps and to non-Federal sponsors.

This was initiated by my predecessor and friend, Bill Shuster, after many years of erratic reauthorizations.

I got this committee to unanimously support unlocking the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund.