"I want to start by highlighting one of my top priorities in WRDA 2024, which is the Ediz Hook Beach Erosion Control Project near Port Angeles, Washington where I grew up."
"I appreciate that. And, again, we really support the project. We want to see it get done."
"I think that this institutions and Members of both parties from every ideological persuasion could benefit from a similar approach."
"The problems we face as a Nation are hard, but the idea that we will deliver more for our constituents and for our country with a common set of facts does not have to be hard."
"I think I am excited about the three bills that we are taking up today."
"Thank you, Chairman Rouzer and Ranking Member Napolitano and ranking member of the full committee, Mr. Larsen."
"Thank you for hosting today's Member Day hearing and for the opportunity to share a few of my priorities related to the forthcoming Water Resources Development Act (WRDA)."
"This project supports our national security goals by helping to maintain access to the U.S. Coast Guard Station at Port Angeles, while also protecting Port Angeles Harbor from erosion."
"Given the significant national security importance of this project, and the needed support it would bring to the City of Port Angeles, my priority request would bring the federal cost share for Ediz H..."
"The Duckabush Estuary Restoration Project will remove a large amount of fill that was placed in the river floodplain to support U.S. Highway 101 and replace it with an estuary-spanning 1,600-ft-long b..."
"Not only will this project improve the habitats of fish and wildlife, including ESA-listed Hood Canal Summer Chum, but it will also enhance the lives of constituents through reduced seasonal flood ris..."
"The rural urban healthcare divide is a crisis that demands urgent attention from Congress."