02/23/2016
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"We have got to step up our maintenance in our waterways. It is a very important part of our national economy."
"if we are able to either take the administration's proposal of a lockage fee or the fuel tax, the increase that the barge owners have said they would like to pay, if we had that extra $100 million, wo..."
"the hope was--as we worked through this last year and the conversations we had was as we got these projects in a priority order, which we all agreed on, which is--should be very helpful to the Corps s..."
"Our waterways are woefully underfunded, and it is hurting the economy and restricting the economic growth of our country."