Maria Cantwell actually said...

It has been very successful, and we hope that it will get the focused attention from NOAA that it deserves.

Well, I think the interest that we have from a Northwest perspective is that these collaborative efforts, given the solutions to our problem...

Would it not be better if we had a specific pool of funding?

this Committee definitely is going to be more focused on elevation of the oceans and waterways and the health of the oceans and waterways