Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 7872) to amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to modify certain requirements applicable to salinity control units, and for other purposes. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 7872 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Colorado River Salinity Control Fix Act''. SEC. 2. SALINITY CONTROL UNITS. Section 205 of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act (43 U.S.C. 1595) is amended-- (1) by striking the section designation and all that follows through ``(a) The Secretary'' and inserting the following: ``SEC. 205. SALINITY CONTROL UNITS; AUTHORITY AND FUNCTIONS OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. ``(a) Allocation of Costs.--The Secretary''; (2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: ``(1) Nonreimbursable costs; reimbursable costs.-- ``(A) Nonreimbursable costs.-- ``(i) In general.--In recognition of Federal responsibility for the Colorado River as an interstate stream and for international comity with Mexico, Federal ownership of the land of the Colorado River Basin from which most of the dissolved salts originate, and the policy established in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.…”