Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013

Floor Speech

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Mr. BUCSHON. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in strong support of this WRRDA bill. The bill provides the much-needed oversight of the Army Corps of Engineers, streamlines the environmental review process, and consolidates duplicative analyses of projects that have delayed important infrastructure improvements, sometimes for as long as 15 years. These types of delays have cost our economy billions of dollars and have put the United States at a competitive disadvantage.

I am also pleased that this bill will provide additional funding for smaller ports, like in Mount Vernon, Indiana. The Mount Vernon Port has several businesses headquartered on its property and is vitally important to the economy of southwest Indiana. A functioning water transportation system is critical for their success now and in the future.

I would like to thank Chairman Shuster, Ranking Member Rahall, Subcommittee Chairman Gibbs, and Subcommittee Ranking Member Bishop for working together on this important piece of legislation that makes government work better for our taxpayers.

I urge my colleagues to support this bill.

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