Mr. Chair, what this amendment would do is add protection, enhancement, and restoration to the goals here, and the management. It's a matter of due diligence, and that the existing plans and policies call for those things: the protection, enhancement, and restoration of biological diversity and endangered species' habitats; the implementation of watershed remedial action plans to protect and restore water quality and reduce costly pollution, flooding, and erosion liabilities down the road, and actually save money and prevent future problems.
(Amendment negatived [See Minutes of Proceedings])