Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today also in support of H.R. 1331, the Local Water Protection Act. I thank both my colleagues for their support and their comments on this legislation. Let's talk about what this really does, how this bill is so important, and how it makes a difference with nonpoint source pollution. Point source pollution is easy to identify, for most people. They have an image of it in their head. It is that pipe coming out of some sort of seawall, coming out of the ground somewhere, dripping something that doesn't look so fresh into their waterways that they want to look pristine and beautiful. That is easy to identify. The nonpoint stuff is not quite as easy for everybody to go out there and see. What this does is it helps us prevent toxic agricultural runoff that can have an impact from things like fertilizer spraying, those things that go out there and are put onto our crops at different times. It can help implement best management practices. It can install pump stations where they might be needed. It can assist with septic to sewer conversions for those issues that arise in our more suburban and residential areas where we have runoff coming off yards, leaky septic tanks, things that we also don't want in our waterways coming from those areas. It can help address legacy pollutants already in our waterways. It can help prevent other forms of pollutants from coming in. This is why it is so important. For us, Mr.…”