Alex Padilla actually said...

The cost of water is rising. Household water and wastewater bills have increased 160 percent since 1998.

In 2021, Congress created the temporary Low Income Household Water Assistance Program in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

We work in very bipartisan fashion, which I know you try to do at every opportunity.

Let me begin, Mr. Chair, by just reminding you how proud I am of the work this Committee has done to address water affordability for underse...