{"id":4976,"date":"2025-12-16T16:10:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T16:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waterways.org\/?p=4976"},"modified":"2025-12-16T16:10:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T16:10:56","slug":"nwc-news-alert-dec-16-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waterways.org\/wordpress2\/nwc-news-alert-dec-16-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"NWC NEWS ALERT (Dec 16, 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h3><strong>NWC Scheduled to Testify to Congress on December 17, 2025 on WRDA 2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>December 16 , 2025<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>NWC members,<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, December 17, 2025, at 10:00 AM ET, NWC President and CEO Julie Ufner is scheduled to testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee\u2019s Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment for the hearing, \u201cWater Resources Development Act of 2026: Stakeholder Priorities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The subcommittee plans to examine the different perspectives held by non-Federal partners and the challenges they face, and what they believe should be addressed in the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) 2026 bill.<\/p>\n<p>The following panelists are scheduled to testify:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Julie Ufner,\u00a0<\/strong><em>President and CEO of the National Waterways Conference<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Charles Camillo,\u00a0<\/strong><em>Executive Vice President of the Midwest Flood Control Association<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bryan Jones,\u00a0<\/strong><em>President of the Mid-Atlantic Division, HNTB<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Noel Hacegaba,\u00a0<\/strong><em>Chief Operating Officer, Port of Long Beach, California<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To watch the hearing, or to access the written testimonies,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/clicks.memberclicks-mail.net\/ls\/click?upn=u001.-2FU0skXqUXH1Ge3unSRKQy-2B54hUfg1eLBBl5E5PlP-2FPKSlnQAAD93Twkfdg2TX8Tdc9O8z8P-2FM3MobBk3im4JIgTK8P7Idt68UgZbff7y-2BPTP6hUmkuAjoiWOcQsIL7OKAjdA_H0uTnjHEQjyw8ZANHp7vItBs-2Boid6aNcQE8VRlvDY3HhCLaegbRrunW4bwwFRmGc-2BIoH5K66J3RpGWdAXnGNtMlhWCDHK8hSYtlmDf83aostjVb-2FoBU824b7TL2l17F-2FbB7GZnrxx40DfJSyMfksULohkylSdosPEU6nvgI5AEB6IovM6oniJAvefRbBJm2-2FMFhOE4Z60Wvr-2BieSsGh6tf4wVVKPI9syo0kLV-2FdbADxhC9rr9Fl1Rn4KTNCECfc-2BUl5EO2MlVqFzn0x3F-2FvNAOv5SiZHOdVWDzcJZDFjvfvlaSw-2B24-2BKuUT92K-2FBPyg8VSp7rIcitGhGborPHQxXQg-3D-3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/clicks.memberclicks-mail.net\/ls\/click?upn%3Du001.-2FU0skXqUXH1Ge3unSRKQy-2B54hUfg1eLBBl5E5PlP-2FPKSlnQAAD93Twkfdg2TX8Tdc9O8z8P-2FM3MobBk3im4JIgTK8P7Idt68UgZbff7y-2BPTP6hUmkuAjoiWOcQsIL7OKAjdA_H0uTnjHEQjyw8ZANHp7vItBs-2Boid6aNcQE8VRlvDY3HhCLaegbRrunW4bwwFRmGc-2BIoH5K66J3RpGWdAXnGNtMlhWCDHK8hSYtlmDf83aostjVb-2FoBU824b7TL2l17F-2FbB7GZnrxx40DfJSyMfksULohkylSdosPEU6nvgI5AEB6IovM6oniJAvefRbBJm2-2FMFhOE4Z60Wvr-2BieSsGh6tf4wVVKPI9syo0kLV-2FdbADxhC9rr9Fl1Rn4KTNCECfc-2BUl5EO2MlVqFzn0x3F-2FvNAOv5SiZHOdVWDzcJZDFjvfvlaSw-2B24-2BKuUT92K-2FBPyg8VSp7rIcitGhGborPHQxXQg-3D-3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1765985325168000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1YMluxtb1ayfC9YPDeXp2Y\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<hr align=\"center\" size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Julie A. 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