04/01/2014
https://congress.gov...
"Hon. John Shimkus, a Representative in Congress from the State of Illinois, opening statement."
"So water is undervalued to the point where somebody would pay $2.50 for a cup of Starbucks coffee, but they might squawk at paying the same amount of money for a 1,000 gallons of safe drinking water d..."
"And it is to no one's surprise that I am from one of the largest agricultural districts in the Nation, and I know that good stewardship is important to them, filter strips, and now with incoming techn..."
"I believe to fully protect our citizens' public drinking water from cyanotoxins, it is imperative that Federal, State, and local governments work together."