Ann Kirkpatrick: “Thank you, Ranking Member Takano.”

As you heard me say before, I was born and raised on Tribal land in Arizona, and we got our energy from a generator at the river, the White River.

These conversations about water infrastructure are so important and have been something I have been working on for 15 years.

SNAP and our Federal safety net programs are a hand-up, not a hand-out, and many of us on this Committee once utilized the program.

I think the fact that these groups are working together now and collaborating is huge progress.