Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2007

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2007 -- (House of Representatives - May 24, 2006)

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Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding.

Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the Deal amendment. I think it is appropriate that the Congress not interfere, and what this bill will do without the Deal amendment is allow the Congress to interfere with ongoing litigation.

This case has been litigated in the district courts in Alabama, the United States District Court in the District of Columbia, and the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected the claims of Florida and Alabama and has ruled in favor of Georgia. We would like very much for this Congress not to intercede and to interfere with the implementation of that court's order by violating the separation of powers and trying to hold back the Corps of Engineers through the appropriations process and preventing them from executing their duties under law.

So I think that the Deal amendment is highly appropriate. It keeps this Congress on track in its constitutional duties, and it preserves the separation of powers. I urge the adoption of the Deal amendment.

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