Niki Tsongas: “This bill corrects a survey error made in the 1960s. The landowners will be required to pay $20,000 for these two…”

I think it is important to remember that we are having this hearing today because it has been 47 days since the landfall of Hurricane Maria, and yet our fellow Americans in Puerto Rico are still enduring a humanitarian crisis.

Many still do not have safe drinking water.

Crafted on a bipartisan basis by Congress and signed into law by President Nixon, NEPA has informed Federal decision making and increased transparency for over 40 years.

To put it simply, NEPA makes sure that we 'look before we leap,' and are using taxpayer dollars wisely.