Ed Markey

Water, water, everywhere, but not a drop to drink.

In 2021, a malicious actor hacked into a water treatment facility in Florida and increased the level of lye, an ingredient used in soap and fertilizer in the water, by over 11,000 percent. Fortunately, an operator noticed the intrusion…

Last week, I introduced the Water System Threat Preparedness and Resilience Act, which would provide funding for clean water and wastewater utilities to become members of Water ISAC.

So only $30 million was appropriated last year for small and disadvantaged communities, even though $60 million was authorized in the Bipartisan Law.

Water, water, everywhere, but not a drop to drink.

So we don't need small water systems left out, because they serve populations that could have the same kind of catastrophic circumstances.

Thanks to the leadership of our Chair and our bipartisan work with the Administration, this funding and other resources are getting out the door and into our pipes.

Last week, I introduced the Water System Threat Preparedness and Resilience Act, which would provide funding for clean water and wastewater utilities to become members of Water ISAC.

In 2021, a malicious actor hacked into a water treatment facility in Florida and increased the level of lye, an ingredient used in soap and fertilizer in the water, by over 11,000 percent. Fortunately, an operator noticed the intrusion…

And finally, we can't really talk about aviation workforce issues without talking about airport service workers.

So that is how you think that women and minorities can be better included by broadening the pipeline, by taking the actions that you just mentioned so that we have got a strategy to reach out to include them and to help them to make it…

And that is why I am working on legislation to create and support aviation programs at minority serving institutions and at institutions focused on increasing racial and gender representation in this area.

Diversity is lacking. The numbers are incredible. Less than 20 percent of aviation workers are women.

That is why last week I reintroduced the Good Jobs for Good Airports Act to ensure that airport service workers get a living wage and benefits.

So we don't need small water systems left out, because they serve populations that could have the same kind of catastrophic circumstances.

In 2021, a malicious actor hacked into a water treatment facility in Florida and increased the level of lye, an ingredient used in soap and fertilizer in the water, by over 11,000 percent. Fortunately, an operator noticed the intrusion…

So only $30 million was appropriated last year for small and disadvantaged communities, even though $60 million was authorized in the Bipartisan Law.

Water, water, everywhere, but not a drop to drink.

Thanks to the leadership of our Chair and our bipartisan work with the Administration, this funding and other resources are getting out the door and into our pipes.

Last week, I introduced the Water System Threat Preparedness and Resilience Act, which would provide funding for clean water and wastewater utilities to become members of Water ISAC.

There is increasing concern, which we should have about monopolies across the board, concentration of power, which ultimately harms smaller businesses.

Massachusetts has received 25,000 of these innovation grants, and it has helped us to create hundreds of thousands of jobs in the state.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, very much. Thank you, Ranking Member Ernst.

We need you on the job, especially at this time in our country.

People going to work with the protections of a union contract are more incentivized to commit to longer careers.