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On the recordDecember 8, 2022
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to join Chairman DeFazio, Ranking Member Graves, and Ranking Member Rouzer in bringing to the floor the bipartisan and bicameral Water Resources Development Act of 2022. =========================== NOTE =========================== December 8, 2022, on page H8851, in the third column, the following appeared: Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to join Chairman DEFAZIO, Ranking Member GRAVES, and Ranking Member ROUZER in bringing to the floor the bipartisan and bicameral Water Resources Development Act of 2022. The online version has been corrected to read: Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. Ms. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to join Chairman DEFAZIO, Ranking Member GRAVES, and Ranking Member ROUZER in bringing to the floor the bipartisan and bicameral Water Resources Development Act of 2022. ========================= END NOTE ========================= The Water Resources Development Act is our legislative commitment to investing in and protecting our communities from flooding events, restoring our environment and ecosystems, and keeping our Nation's competitiveness by supporting our ports and harbors. Through the biennial enactment of WRDA legislation, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has addressed local, regional, and national needs through authorization of new U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects, studies, and policies that benefit every corner of the Nation.…
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Grace Napolitano
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