Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time. Miss GONZALEZ-COLON of Puerto Rico. Mr. Speaker, the Senate passed this bill twice, without even holding a hearing. The House has not taken any action on its version of the bill, H.R. 2551, even though it has been referred to the Natural Resources Committee since last May. The Senate Committee report on S. 1342 justified its need by stating that the environmental sensitivity index maps for the Great Lakes haven't been updated since the 1980s. It also states the maps haven't been updated since between 1985 and 2004. It just depends on which paragraph of the report you read. Clearly, no one knows or could be bothered to find out when these maps were updated. Apparently, it doesn't matter for some people. CBO scores this bill as costing taxpayers $2 million, but we have no idea where the administration is on this issue. No money was appropriated for these indexes in 2019, and, clearly, we don't have an answer to those questions still in this report. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.”