mr. mike poole, deputy director of u.s. land management shs department management, department of the interior. we appreciate you both being here and we will ask each of you to give a five-minute opening statement, and at the end of that time, questions asked. i will point out that we have been told that there will be five or six votes on the house floor somewhere around 11:0 0 or so, we will proceed as long as we can and then we will vote and then come back. thank you all for being with us this morning, at this time, ms. smith, i would like to recognize you for five minutes for the purpose of an opening statement and be sure to turn your mike tonight -- microphone on, you are now recognized. >> thank you, i'm chief of the the regulatory program for the u.s. army corp of engineer, thank you for the opportunity to discuss the corp's regulatory authority under section 404 of the clean water act and section ten of the rivers and harbors act related to utility line projects and to discuss our regulatory involvement in the keysto

mr. mike poole who's depp te director of the pure low of land management, u.s. department of the interior. we appreciate both of you being here with us this morning. and as you know, we're going to ask each of you to give a five-minute opening statement, and at the end of that time then questions will be asked. i might also point out that west virginia been told that there will be five or six votes on the house floor somewhere around 11:00 or so. but we're going to proceed as long as we can and then we'll vote, and then we'll come back. so thank you all for being with us this morning. at this time, ms. gaffney-smith, i'd like to recognize you for five minutes for the purpose of an opening statement, and be sure and turn your microphone on. and i guess that little box there on the table, a red light will come on when the five minutes is up. so you're now recognized. >> thank you, sir. chairman whitfield and members of the committee, i am meg gaffney-smith, chief of the regulatory program for the u.s. army corps of engineers. thank you for the opportunity to discu

mr. michael -- mike pool from the department of the interior. we appreciate both of you being here this morning. we will ask each of you to do the five-minute opening statement. then questions will be asked. we have been told there will be five or six votes on the house floor around 11:00. we will proceed as long as we can. then we will vote and then come back. thank you for being with us this morning. ms. gaffney-smith, a like to recognize you for an opening statement. -- i would like to recognize you for an opening statement. you are now recognized. >> thank you. i am the chief of the regulatory program for the u.s. army corps of engineers. thank you for the opportunity to discuss the regulatory authority under section 404 of the clean water act and section 10 of the rivers and harbors act related to utility line projects and to discuss our regulatory involvement in the proposed keystone xl pipeline. section 10 requires authorization from the core for the construction of any structure in, under, or over and navigable waters of the u.s. section