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Corps’ Civil Works Budget Is Still A Work In Progress WJ Editorial

Corps’ Civil Works Budget Is Still A Work In Progress

April 8, 2022

President Joe Biden’s Fiscal Year 2023 budget request, released March 29, requests $6.6 billion for the Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works program. This year’s budget request highlights include: • About… Read More

First Woman Nominated To Be Coast Guard Commandant Washington Waves

First Woman Nominated To Be Coast Guard Commandant

April 8, 2022

Washington, D.C.—President Joe Biden nominated Adm. Linda Fagan to serve as 27th commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard and become the first woman to serve in that position. Fagan currently… Read More

Senate Bill Contains Record Civil Works Spending Washington Waves

Senate Bill Contains Record Civil Works Spending

August 6, 2021

Washington, D.C.—The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would receive more than $8 billion under fiscal year 2022 spending measures approved by the House and the Senate Appropriations Committee. Sen. Dianne… Read More

New Bipartisan Group To Negotiate Infrastructure Deal Washington Waves

New Bipartisan Group To Negotiate Infrastructure Deal

June 11, 2021

Washington, D.C.—After ending infrastructure talks with Republicans, President Joe Biden urged a bipartisan group of senators to pursue its own negotiations and then turned to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer… Read More

Bills, Executive Order Target States’ Clean Water Act Reviews Washington Waves

Bills, Executive Order Target States’ Clean Water Act Reviews

April 12, 2019

President Trump signed an executive order targeting efforts by states to use a key section of the Clean Water Act to delay major energy infrastructure development, and Sen. John Barrasso… Read More