[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H4859]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            H.R. 8 WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT AND MAINE

  (Ms. PINGREE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. PINGREE. Mr. Speaker, yesterday the House passed H.R. 8, the 
Water Resources Development Act, which I proudly voted for.
  I want to lend my voice in support of this bill and its importance to 
the State of Maine, which has critical ports and harbors up and down 
our coastline.
  In particular, I want to call attention to a previously authorized 
WRDA program in Saco, Maine, known as Camp Ellis.
  This project is considered remediation from a jetty that was built in 
the late 1800s by the Army Corps of Engineers.
  The jetty has caused erosion and receding coastline that year by year 
and storm by storm has already washed out the ground from nearly 40 
homes in the past 50 years.
  The Army Corps and local community have been working for years on 
getting this project off the ground, and we are finally seeing some 
progress.
  In the past year, there has been new energy around this, and I want 
to commend all the parties for their persistence and determination in 
getting this done.
  A new WRDA can provide critical support for the storm-ravaged 
residents of Camp Ellis and help them rebuild.
  As H.R. 8 and the other legislation moves from the House to the other 
body, I will continue to work with our chair, ranking member, and 
colleagues from Maine and the other body to get this accomplished.

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