Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, as I mentioned earlier, WRDA is a bipartisan product that includes provisions in every part of the country and authored by House Members themselves. It is an incredible task compiling all of these priorities and drafting the WRDA bill. I thank the many people who have helped this bill become a reality. I thank the leadership at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Assistant Secretary Connor, Lieutenant General Spellmon, and their incredible staff who have worked through the hundreds of submissions we have received. I thank the remarkable team at legislative counsel for putting all of these provisions into legislative text. I am very fortunate to have some of the best water leaders in the country in my district and southern California who provided valuable input for this bill, including Los Angeles County Public Works Director Mark Pestrella, Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts General Manager Robert Ferrante, Metropolitan Water District Board Chair Adan Ortega, Los Angeles Harbor Commission President Lucille Roybal-Allard, and San Gabriel Valley Watermaster Tony Zampiello, who is retired. I particularly thank the subcommittee chair David Rouzer for his friendship and his collegiality through the hearings and meetings that led to this bipartisan accomplishment and for visiting my district. {time} 1815 I also thank all of my past co-chairs, who have been excellent.…”