[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6245]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, this afternoon, as I have just indicated, 
the Senate will work on the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act, 
which would provide critical flood protection and other improvements to 
communities across the country. This legislation has two able managers 
in Chairman Boxer and Ranking Member Vitter.
  Senator Boxer and Senator Vitter each represent their caucuses 
extremely well. I have given them free rein to complete this bill, and 
I hope that can be done. This measure that we will start this afternoon 
will create jobs and protect the economy by promoting investments in 
the Nation's critical water infrastructure. It includes permanent 
reforms to the Corps of Engineers project approval process, which will 
accelerate job-creating projects.
  I thank Senators Boxer and Vitter for their diligent work on this 
important issue and look forward to their moving this bill through the 
Senate at the earliest possible time.

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