This hearing will examine one of the most pressing issues for communities in Illinois and throughout the Nation, water infrastructure.
I think it should be a priority for all States, including my own State of Illinois, although there have been challenges.
Years of lack of investment and oversight have led towns all across America to slide into disrepair.
The States will have to prepare for these programmic changes and Federal dollars, and that is no small feat.
We must break down barriers for funding to ensure every American has access to clean water.
DWWIA is the most significant Federal investment in water infrastructure in history.
Our lack of attention to these communities is not acceptable.
One of the biggest motivators for me to draft DWWIA was to increase access to funding for communities who need it the mo...
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the narrative that one individual in one country can control the global oil economy is a false narrative.
the ability to produce is not our problem.