Brian Schatz actually said...

"What is the one thing that the Congress ought to be doing to address our aging water infrastructure from your perspective?"

"Thank you for holding this hearing and continuing to pursue a solution to the nation's aging water infrastructure."

"In 2008 this subcommittee held a similar hearing and we learned then that the maintenance backlog for the Bureau of Reclamation's water facilities alone exceeded $3.2 billion."

"In fact we just witnessed a near disaster right here in the Nation's capital when water in Prince George's County was nearly shut off to tens of thousands of residents during the hottest week of the s..."