04/18/2023
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"I request that we adjust funding levels to ensure that the Federal Government continues to cover 100 percent of the cost of the seven inland waterways construction and major rehabilitation projects."
"I have the honor of serving communities outside of St. Louis in the Metro East region, communities that have struggled with the consequences of inadequate infrastructure for far too long."
"The Mississippi River also serves as a vital waterway to growers and producers in my congressional district, allowing them to get their goods to market."
"This part of my district also happens to be 95 percent Black, and I think it is not an accident that we have allowed these unacceptable conditions to continue in poor communities of color."