mrs. capito: thank you, mr. president. ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 401, s. 4367, the thomas r. carper walter resource development act. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 43 much, a bill to provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the united states and so forth and for other purposes.of. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. mrs. capito: i ask that the committee-substitute amendment be withdrawn, the carper-capito substitute at the desk be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. capito: thank you, mr. president. i would like to talk about the bill here for a few minutes with my friend and the chair of our committee for which this bill is named after, thomas r. carper, this legislat