A bipartisan push led by U.S. Senator Roy Blunt and Congressman Sam Graves, both of Missouri, urges the Corps of Engineers to direct more resources to help with navigation challenges on the Lower Missouri River.
The lawmakers, including Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Deb Fischer of Nebraska, say there is a “critically dire situation” related to navigation in several areas of the Missouri River where “serious barge traffic accidents have occurred, nearly stopping commercial activity.
