I think that as we are beginning to address these WRDA issues, one of the areas in which we can become more efficient and more helpful to the Army Corps would be to try to find a good, honorable, and transparent way for Congress and this Committee to be able to assert its own priorities in the process.
Sheldon Whitehouse: “I think that as we are beginning to address these WRDA issues, one of the areas in which we can become more efficient…”
On the recordJanuary 9, 2018
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Whitehouse emphasizes the need for Congress to assert priorities in WRDA processes.
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