House Proceeding on Dec 5th, 2006 :: 0:55:00 to 0:58:39
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Speech By: Don Young

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Don Young: of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from texas. ms. johnson: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i support the passage of h.r. 6316. this bill extends

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: through december 31, 2008, the authority of the secretary of the army to accept and expend funds contributed by non-federal public entities to process permits under the clean water act.

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Speech By: Eddie Bernice Johnson

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: and the rivers and harbors act of 1899. the current authority for this program expires on december 31 of this year and the program is popular and well received, particularly in the northwest

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: part of the country. i congratulate my committee cleek mr. baird for his attention to this issue and securing today's consideration of this bill. v i can think of no other member who served

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: his local and regional issues with more enthusiasm and effectiveness. the language in h.r. 6316 is similar to the two previous extensions of this program which passed the house september 20, 2005, and

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: march 14, 2006. both of these votes to extend this program received strong support from the house. the language in this legislation is mild after the language contained in h.r. 2864, the water

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: resources development act of 2005, which passed this house july 14, 2005, by an overwhelming vote of 406-14. wlile my preference would be to address the extension of this program through the

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: passage of a broader water resources development act, at this later hour in the session it seems increasingly unlikely that work can be completed on this larger bill. this is unfortunate

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: because it only further delays the opportunity for the corps of engineers to provide essential flood control navigation and ecosystem reast ration projects and economic benefits to our

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: constituents. we are one week shy of six years since the last water resources bill was enacted. this is far too long. imam certain there will be question -- i am certain there will be

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: questions as to why congress failed to nact a water resources bill. this is the first year since 2000 the house and the senate mccainer approved legislation for the other body to consider.

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: in spite of this significant achievement and roughly five months of staff negotiations, the fact remains that no agreement has bb reached. we are days away from the adjournment and facing one

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: more year without a water resources bill. mr. speaker, the current administration has no commitment to the nation's premier water relation agencies. this administration fails to understand

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: the importance of the corps of engineers and the vital work this agency does for the american people. the administration lacks support for a comprehensive water resources development act

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: has only made congress' work more difficult. curg the consideration in both the house and senate the administration released two statements of administration policy that were highly critical

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: of the congress' efforts, especially the administration concerns that with overall cost of two bills. however, what the administration fails to recognize is that the roughly $10 billion project authorizes

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: -- authorization contained in this house-passed version and $12 billion in the senate passed version reflects six years of request since the water resources development act of 2000. should

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congress fail to approve this water resources development act this year, we should expect that next year's bill to cost more than both the house and senate versions, perhaps as much as $15