Grace Napolitano actually said...

"What will it take to convince private investors to put up money to support water infrastructure and water re-use, recycling, et cetera?"

"But who determines--I am sorry, but I went over time--who determines how that money is spent at the State level?"

"I don't have questions of the Members, but I am glad this hearing is going to shed a little more light on the issue that brought such a great tragedy to the Gulf States."

"So to me that is something that--I am not sure whether that will share in the equation, but certainly it brings to light how dependent we are on the funding to be able to mitigate everybody's concerns..."