Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2007

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2007

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Mr. McHENRY. Mr. Chairman, I certainly appreciate your leadership and the hard work of your staff and the work they put into making this appropriations bill possible. I certainly appreciate that.

I would like to discuss an important issue in my district as well in western North Carolina. In recent years, my district has seen literally thousands of furniture and textile industry jobs leave due to unfair trade practices. Right now we have an industry interested in moving to our area, but the location they prefer will require some landscaping, including moving roughly 2,000 feet of a small unnamed stream. This will require approval of the Army Corps of Engineers.

As you are well aware, the corps approval process can take many months and experience significant delays. In my opinion, projects that provide economic development and jobs to economically distressed areas should be expedited and take priority over other permits.

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