On the recordSeptember 27, 2016
I thank the gentleman. Mr. Chairman, we need to make sure that the harbor maintenance trust fund ensures that revenues are collected from shippers that are used to maintain U.S. coastal and Great Lakes harbors. Right now, the State of Texas is dealing with their coastal area. This very bill could have a great impact, but it cannot do so if the moneys are undermined and the fees are used for something else. So I would suggest to my colleagues if there is one place that we can be bipartisan, it is on clean water, and it is on saving lives. I hope that we can do that going down the road in this legislation. I thank the gentleman, Mr. DeFazio.
