I am encouraged by the progress that the Department has made on the issue.

Thank you so much, Mr. Secretary, for being here. It is great to see you again.

The timely correction of these errors and completion of the environmental review for this project is critical to the state's economy and our nation's energy security.

over the next couple of weeks, Congress is going to need to finalize government appropriations for the remainder of this year. Among the things that some people are talking about is including money for a couple of ObamaCare programs. One…

I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Sullivan). The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Barrasso pertaining to the introduction of S. 2507 are printed in today's Record under…

I would also ask that they look into if there are any additional considerations that would help the Committee understand what additional authorities would help the Corps further expedite the processing of evaluating the regulatory permits.

Doing so would potentially put our communities at risk and can deprive the residents who would be most affected by these projects from making their voices heard.

We need to speed up project delivery.

You have testified a number of times before the Committee. Thank you for being here with us today to join in the discussion.

Unfortunately, the Administration has done the opposite by proposing to cut permitting agencies' budgets.

Do you agree that streamlining is critical in terms of speeding up the needed investment in our Nation's highways?

The time has come to make a significant investment in our roads, bridges, ports, and water systems.

I am disappointed though by the degree to which the Administration is focusing on sweeping rollbacks to our Nation's bedrock environmental protections.

Rural communities need to have an equal seat at the table as we address infrastructure needs.

I have been coming to the floor to talk about the many ways the tax relief law has helped people all across America. Last week, there were even more examples. One thing we saw was the ``Economic Report of the President'' that came out last…

I think we might want to rethink that.

I think the math of the Administration's plan does not add up.

It is disturbing to all the members of the Committee here when you say they aren't costs the Committee has ever seen before.

This is unacceptable.

I think that the witnesses have tried to answer to the best of their abilities, and the question has been asked and answered a number of times.

I would just say, this is a FBI decision. It is in the President's budget, so one would expect an Administration to have interest in the final decision of how the budgeting process is made.

Sadly, the Administration's response to my questions, to our questions to date has not been satisfactory.

Under the revised plan, the FBI is going to be forced to move the entire Hoover headquarters operation to temporary swing space locations.

This isn't what accountable government looks like.