Victor Fazio: “I rise in obvious strong support of this legislation. This is once again an excellent product of the subcommittee that…”

“I rise in obvious strong support of this legislation. This is once again an excellent product of the subcommittee that has always known how to work together. The efforts of the chairman and ranking member, the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Myers] and the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. Bevill] have resulted in a conference agreement that is fair, balanced, and which seeks to achieve many goals with few resources. I want to congratulate these two Members on their long careers and their fine achievements in Congress. Their cooperative spirit is a valuable example of how bipartisan leadership can produce excellent results. This year's energy and water bill manages to provide funding for many important water projects including, I might say, a number in my State of California as well as funding for environmental cleanup, renewable energy and many other vital activities. Overall, the bill is a remarkable achievement in this time of declining budgets. The writing is on the wall. Each year it becomes more and more difficult to meet all of the flood control, water supply, energy and environmental needs of this country.”