This is about making sure that a parent in Indian Country can turn on the tap and not fear they will get their child sick.

Good. I do have questions about certification. That is an important piece here.

Will the projects that are now funded because of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will they be successful without funding operations and maintenance?

We have to be careful with where the barriers are. We want folks to enter into this career field.

We have a moral responsibility to continue to serve Native American Tribes who were forcibly displaced from their homelands.

This hearing will come to order.

Thanks to the work of the bipartisan members of this Committee, Congress provided over $4 billion for tribal sanitation over the next 5 years via the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

Is there something about the nature, the fundamental nature of the different types of water agencies that impacts for better or worse access to safe, clean drinking water by the different types of agencies, tribal versus other public…

Thanks to the work of the bipartisan members of this Committee, Congress provided over $4 billion for tribal sanitation over the next 5 years via the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

Good. I do have questions about certification. That is an important piece here.

We have to be careful with where the barriers are. We want folks to enter into this career field.

It is about making sure an entire community doesn't have to worry about one lightning strike or one burst pipe or extreme weather.