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We do know, however, that reuse might fill as much as 50 percent of our future growth projections.

Can we just continue to absorb growing population in Phoenix and Los Angeles?

I would say we also need better data to make better policy, and I find that very concerning for all of the work that we are doing here.

What bothers me is that the budget that was recently submitted by the Administration cuts the NOAA budget by 16 percent, cuts research in NOAA by 32 percent and even cuts the National Weather Service by 6 percent.

Even in Maine we are not immune to the impacts of a fragile water supply due to drought conditions.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you to our expert witnesses who are joining us this morning, especially my constituent from Maine.

There is a big opportunity here and I wanted to ask you to consider having it be one of the 'bully pulpit sermons' of your tenure as Surgeon General to help catalyze that enormous potential to help Americans get the care that they want.

I think, by and large, we do a terrible job of doing that.

Senator Casey and I have introduced the Supporting Grandparent Raising Grandchildren Act.

We held a hearing in the Aging Committee, Senator Casey and I, and a clear message from that hearing was the need for kinship parents to have greater access to information about the resources that are available to assist them.

I thank Congresswoman Chellie Pingree from the First District of the State of Maine. I represent the Second District. I encourage everyone in this body, Republicans and Democrats, to please take care of our veterans. Please vote for S. 114…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Maine will be postponed. Amendment No. 55 Offered by Mr. Kihuen The Acting CHAIR. It is…

With all due respect, I think there are frequently moments when the administration overrides the opinion of the Congress or don't always agree and the administration gets their way. Take the decision the administration made this morning on…

If my good colleague could guarantee me he could give me the votes on the floor, I would be happy to bring a bill like that forward to Congress. Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to my colleague from California (Mr. Lowenthal).

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 325, strike lines 17 through 21. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 473, the gentlewoman…

Thank you Ranking member Casey for your strong support of T1D research and coverage for technologies like the Continuous Glucose Monitor.

This research has made a difference in my life--it has made a difference in the lives of everyone in this room--and millions more.

It's great that people on Medicare now have access to CGMs just like the rest of us.