On the recordSeptember 25, 2015
I want to just give a couple of examples of the timing factor that we are seeing that the agencies just are not executing properly. Cape Wind Project: For more than 12 years--12 years--they were waiting for permits to build an operation that would create jobs and renewable energy. 12 years. Orange County toll road in Orange County, California: There was a 12- year delay there as well. The project was extended tens of millions of dollars because of the delay there, and jobs were lost because of that. Charleston Harbor, Savannah Port dredging project: Again, there was a decade of delays in permitting because agencies are just sitting around, not taking the job responsibly. They never would survive in private industry if they operated under those conditions. So those are a few examples of the cost in dollars and cents and the jobs that are lost because of these agencies not performing their responsibilities. I yield back the balance of my time. The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee). The question was taken; and the Chair announced that the noes appeared to have it.
