mr. cleaver, for as much time as he may consume. mr. cleaver is a great champion of infrastructure projects such as these that invest in our future and come back to our economy in multiples. the chair: the gentleman from missouri, mr. cleaver, is recognized for as much time as he wishes to use. mr. cleaver: thank you, first, mr. murphy, and to the chair, ranking member and the chairman of the committee. our amendment would transfer a modest amount, as mr. murphy stated, $1 million, between the corps' expense account to the construction account. the boost in funding can help flood control projects that communities, including several in my district, that we are pushing in hopes that they can be completed. the united states has, as i believe we all know, an aging water infrastructure system, and a colossal $80 billion backlog of army corps projects. over 1,000 authorized projects vigorously compete for funding. this is understandable when you consider the fact that america's levees, dams and inland waterways were given a grade of d by the a

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mr. cleaver. >> thank you. madam chair, thank you for being here. i want to talk about unemployment. that continues to be a major concern of mine. and frankly, a major concern in the district i represent. and obviously, the macro economic situation is thriving. but when it comes to unemployment, particularly for minorities, it's still almost in recession levels. and i'm wondering if it's a structural unemployment issue. or is it luddite? >> luddite? i think the labor market is afflicted both by weakness in the overall economy, so things should broadly improve as the economy strengthens. and the unemployment rate, and other broader indicators come down. but on top of that, there are also structural factors that are currently, and have for a long time been creating problems for many, many american families. and luddite tends to refer to technolo technology. we've seen a widening of income and age distribution going back to the late '80s. economists have been debating the causes. they do see technological changes being one of the causes. to some extent, globalization probably plays a ro

i think the problem is not a meat cleaver approach, but that many don't want to take an approach at all. they want to leave it alone. mr. collins: they don't want to take up having a reasonable cap on attorneys' fees. instead of putting a cap on lawyer's feese, they would rather go on, by the way, in that 2011 case, the attorneys' fees went over $300,000. in this situation. the problem here is in the wanting to deal with e.s.a., it's wanting to continue an ideological bent that says, leave it alone even at the expense of jobs, even at the experience of maybe we messed up, even though we could say, maybe we could have a different point of view or maybe addressing it. for those of us in northeast georgia, we want good, clean water, clean air, and protection of our wildlife. but also we understand that taxpayer dollars spent on this needs to happen. we need to do this reform. by the way, mr. chairman, i still have no takers on my bat. with that, i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from utah, mr. stuart, for one minute. the chair: the gentle