Were now going to move on from a series of questions. Ill start with you if i can. Many stakeholders who work with the corps of engineers have comment and complained a little bit about the process it follows from identifying a Water Resources problem to implementing a solution and can be long costly delays. For example, in the arid west, there are many water supply challenges that havent yet been solved such as removing sediment from reservoirs to providing more water supply capacity and effectively managing multiwater supply needs such as flood Risk Management, drinking water, irrigation, all from a single reservoir. So as a result, the water supply is becoming scarce and more expensive. Can you please share in any thoughts you might have to improve the corpss processes so that the water resource projects are operated more efficiently. Thank you, senator. We actually have a number of suggestion, but in the interests of time, im going to limit it to two. First improve the governmental
Have andy barr, maxine waters, matt gaines, ted and karen. Thank you, we are glad that youre here we will allow each of you to give testimony without objecting anything, if you make an order will be ended into the record. I miss waters, well have you first and the gentleman knows the green light is on. Thank you very much mr. Chairman. I would like to commend you and the rules Committee Members for allowing all of us to come before you to share with you our concerns and help shine a light on where we think we should be paying more attention. So, the testimony of have today will combine a number of the areas you talked about. Thank you. If you could do us a favor and tell us that section and the amendment number, it will enable us to follow you perhaps a bit more closely and that would be of help to the committee. Okay. Let me try and do that now. I think that you did venture transportation. Is that right . Yes. That we are doing today. Transportation and agriculture. Say that again . T
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You vote the presiding officer does any senator wish to vote or change his or her vote . If not, on this vote, the yeas are 95. The nays are 1. Threefifths of the senate duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. The question occurs on the compound motion to go to conference on s. 524. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer all in favor signify by saying aye. Automatic opposed all opposed nay. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The motion is agreed to. The senator from new hampshire. Ms. Ayotte thank you, mr. President. The presiding officer order in the chamber, please. Mrs. Shaheen mr. President , i have a motion to instruct the conferees at the desk which i ask the clerk to report. The presiding officer the clerk will report the motion. The clerk the managers on the part of the senate on the disagreeing votes on the comprehensive Addiction Recovery act of 2016 mrs. Shaheen mr. President , the senate is not in order. The pre