Cochran: Federal Budget Skips Miss. Flood Projects, Gives More Money to Regulatory
WASHINGTON, D.C.–President Obama’s proposed budget for FY2016 has gotten criticism for several reasons. The most recent is from Mississippi’s senior senator, Thad Cochran, who said Wednesday that there is more money going to regulatory agencies and less cash for projects that could benefit Mississippi in several ways.
Cochran said in a hearing in the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee that several flood control projects by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation are getting short-changed.
“There has been a steady but sure decline of commitment from the federal government for our inland waterways system, the Mississippi River and Tributaries Project and other projects around the country,” said Cochran, who also serves on the subcommittee panel.
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2/12/15
Magnolia Tribune
