I do not want to be in a position in which the budget does not authorize funding for coastal projects, that it is $40 million out of $1.4 billion, with the result that people do not apply because they look at that budget and say, it says in huge letters the coastal communities are not welcome here.
Whitehouse expresses concern over inadequate funding for coastal projects in the budget.
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