Inhofe Continues to Advocate for River Development
River development funding pushed by Sen. Jim Inhofe
BY RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer
Friday, February 08, 2013
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe on Thursday cited the Arkansas River Corridor Master Plan as an example of worthy Army Corps of Engineers projects authorized but never funded.
“Corps projects are woefully underfunded with a backlog of $60 billion in authorized projects yet only a $5 billion yearly budget,” Inhofe said in a statement submitted for a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing.
Inhofe, formerly the ranking Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, submitted his remarks in writing because of a time conflict with an Armed Services Committee hearing. Inhofe is now the ranking Republican of that committee.