Jack Reed

I think also, too, your emphasis on analyzing and ensuring that these are funds that the cost-benefit makes sense.

Our experience in Rhode Island is that in these low to moderate rentals, the price over the last several years has gone up 45 percent.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and thank you, Mr. Secretary, for your great leadership.

When you have got the eminent justices of the South Carolina court saying this is so offensive to the basic legal rights and rights of our citizens that we are going to order banks not to foreclose until they have cleaned this up, we have…

I introduced legislation last year to expand work sharing, which just over 20 States have adopted or implemented.

I appreciate the opportunity to present this testimony in support of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) in the fiscal year 2012 Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations bill.

I urge the Congress to provide the full President's budget amount for the LWCF so that this important project can receive this needed funding.

The proposed $900 million is the congressionally authorized amount for the program and seeks to renew focus on the promise of the LWCF.

This could be the most important topic we consider long-term.

We're losing our competitive edge, in terms of not just military technology, but so many technologies.

I think we're all fortunate to have your leadership on this important committee.

It is, Madam Chairman. And we have tried in several different years to alter the composition, and we will try again.

It is vital across the country.

Rhode Island lands more fish than any other State except New Jersey, and we don't have representation on there.

NOAA routinely adopts these regulations for Federal waters, and we do have some activity, not as pronounced, but some activity in Federal waters.

I would urge you to relook at those numbers.

Are you looking in any way to try to improve the efficiency of these programs, their acceptance, and their legitimacy in the eyes of the fishing community?

I would ask if you would work with NOAA to start thinking in terms of more creative management of the species, working with the industry.

We will continue to fund those in this President's budget, but some of the others, like the small harbors money, are going to be cut.

I want to thank you, both Secretary Darcy and General Van Antwerp, for the extraordinary response of COE of Engineers to the floods last year in Rhode Island.

I have noticed that in the President's budget, there is the proposed elimination of four existing CAP's.

I appreciate that with respect to the 205 program.

As you know, the expansion of the Panama Canal expansion is due to be completed in 2014.

68 percent of the beaches in New England and the mid-Atlantic... are eroding on an average of 1.6 feet a year.

Mr. Reid. Yes. Over the last several years, the Department has worked to drastically increase intelligence support to warfighters across the board.