Hillary Scholten: “I just want to reiterate everything my colleague said and be on the record saying railroads...support the effort as…”

It is so unfortunate that we are having this hearing today. There are so many other deeply important things.

Mr. Chair, I hope my colleagues will join me in voting for the motion to recommit. Mr. Chair, I include in the Record the text of the amendment. Ms. McDonald Rivet moves to recommit the bill H.R. 3898 to the Committee on Transportation and…

I was unable to vote today. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 119.

Too much nitrogen and phosphorus in the water accelerates the growth of harmful levels of algae and bacteria. We see it firsthand in the Great Lakes every single year with the formation of algal blooms that are devastating to our Great…