Alex Padilla actually said...

"Chairman Whitehouse spoke to the need for a low income water assistance program earlier as well."

"In a drought stricken western United States, the last thing we can afford is to lose a significant amount of water supply due to leaky pipes."

"It's critical that we continue to fund water infrastructure to help water systems become more resilient to climate change."

"Federal investment in water infrastructure as a whole has declined about 77 percent since its peak in the 1970s."