Betty McCollum: “We urge the creation of a similar program for the Mississippi or Upper Mississippi River Basin.”

Mr. Speaker, last week the Republican Majority in the House of Representatives decided that they know better than the residents of the District of Columbia what their local government needs.

I expressed my serious concerns with how this resolution was written then, but nothing has changed.

I rise in opposition to the slate of permitting bills that the Republican majority has brought to the House Floor this week.

I urge the Republican House Majority to stop bringing these harmful and nonsensical attacks on our public health and the environment to the House floor.