[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 132 (Monday, September 28, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H9091]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 CORPS OF ENGINEERS WORK FOR THE PEOPLE

  (Mr. NORWOOD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NORWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I am sure my colleagues can remember the 
unfortunate boating death that claimed the lives of a couple of 
Cleveland Indian players a few years ago. One of the contributing 
factors to their deaths were the guide wires that are used to keep 
docks in place.
  Guide wires are the only authorized method for keeping docks in place 
at Thurmond Lake in Georgia. Why? Because the Corps of Engineers' 
Savannah office said so. Spud polls, a much safer and more practical 
action because of their effectiveness at adjusting to the water 
fluctuations from Thurmond Dam's releases, are not politically correct. 
The only thing wrong with spud polls is that some tree-hugging 
bureaucrats do not like them.
  ``Do as I say, not as I do.'' That is the motto of the Corps' 
Savannah office.
  Mr. Speaker, I think it is time the Corps understood that they work 
for the people and not the other way around. It is also time for the 
Corps to start obeying Federal laws like the Clean Water Act before it 
bullies any more of my constituents for being out of compliance.

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