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Washington, D.C. - Another legislative effort important to the waterways industry was waylaid by the House Republicans' weeks-long failure to fill the vacant speaker post. The latest casualty was work on the next Water Resources Development Act (WRDA). A key House subcommittee did not conduct its first hearing ahead of its WRDA effort as Republicans remained behind closed doors trying to nominate a speaker who could follow up with a victory on the House floor. "The topic will be revisited at a later date," stated the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's Republican website. Michael Connor, the assistant secretary of the Army for Civil Works, and Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, commanding general and chief of Engineers of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, were the two witnesses scheduled to testify at the hearing. |