Whitehouse, a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, says the agency has discretion to conduct the study if it so chooses.

“It’s not a matter of them not having the money,” he says. “We shovel enormous amounts of money into the Army Corps. It’s a matter of trying to assert our priorities.”

<p>Whitehouse, a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, says the agency has discretion to conduct the study if it so chooses.</p>
<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not a matter of them not having the money,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;We shovel enormous amounts of money into the Army Corps. It&rsquo;s a matter of trying to assert our priorities.&rdquo;</p>

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