Brian Mast: “I thank Ranking Member Graves and Chairman DeFazio for their work and the committee staff for their work on this piece…”

“I thank Ranking Member Graves and Chairman DeFazio for their work and the committee staff for their work on this piece of legislation. Water is the lifeblood of Florida, and there is not a more important piece of legislation to our State or to our community, my community specifically, because of the work that this bill does. The Water Resources Development Act demands that the Army Corps of Engineers rewrite protocols that they have that allow them to poison my community, demands that they accelerate construction of the hugely important EAA Reservoir, demands that they move more water into Florida's Everglades where it is needed because they are dying because of lack of water. This piece of legislation is vital to our State. I would absolutely argue there is nothing more important to our State, and I couldn't thank enough the chairman, the ranking member, and all the staff for all of their work on this very important piece of legislation. Mr. DeFAZIO. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.”