This is the largest Federal investment in water infrastructure and lead service line replacement in the history of the country, with $15 billion going to States to replace their lead service lines.

the fastest way to get money to these States for lead service line replacement was to allocate the funding through the State Revolving Funds

one of the main themes was bringing increased grants and lower cost shares so that small, rural, tribal, and disadvantaged communities receive priority in Federal funding programs wherever possible

I couldn't agree with you more.

I think that last point is really important, that we understand what the definition of a disadvantaged community is.

thank you, Chair Duckworth, for your foresight and your early, consistent efforts to make sure that children are safe and families are protected from the ripple effects of lead poisoning

Will you touch briefly on helping water services cover the costs from the portion of line that goes from the water main to the curb stop or the meter, and where the property owner has to pay to replace the segment of the line that goes…

Through my DWWIA bill, we are trying to ensure that all communities have increased access to funding.

I love that we are having this hearing, and not only because it's a stone's throw from my house...

we're hoping to get into the COMPETES Act to really make that a permanent U.S. policy, which would be transformative.

the transition to clean energy broadly strikes me as being both enormously optimistic... and pessimistic because it is creating a tremendous wealth transfer

I just introduced a bill with Paul Tonko two weeks ago and I hope we get the appropriations.

We also are generous. We don't--we share our wealth in Illinois.

We are in this exponential increase in demand, and all of the concerns that we hear is demand is growing faster than supply.

We're owning the future and it's awesome, and I just love that we're doing this.

we want to staple a green card to their Ph.D. thesis.

Should they be the free democracies of the world, which would be my preference.

I have to say, I'm very impressed at the Biden Administration's stance toward that.