Tom Barrett: “Mr. Speaker, I commend my colleague, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Bresnahan), for his hard work on this bill.…”

“Mr. Speaker, I commend my colleague, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Bresnahan), for his hard work on this bill. Mr. Speaker, the Mid-Atlantic River Basin Commissions, for the Susquehanna, Delaware, and Potomac Rivers, came into existence before the creation of the EPA and mandated Federal involvement in the commissions. H.R. 3428 is a good government bill that directs the GAO to review the ethics, practices, funding, and Federal responsibilities of the commissions. Congress has a duty to conduct oversight of these commissions, and I thank Mr. Bresnahan for ensuring that we fulfill that role. Mr. Speaker, I urge support of this legislation, and I reserve the balance of my time.”