Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Chairman, in closing, H.R. 7023 is critical to achieving more efficient project completion by streamlining and improving permitting processes under the Clean Water Act. As has been stated, this bill will support everyday Americans making targeted, commonsense reforms to the Clean Water Act, balancing the need for environmental protections along with energy and infrastructure improvements. This bill is the product of hard work by many members of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. In particular, I thank Subcommittee Chairman David Rouzer for his leadership on this issue, and Representatives Eric Burlison, Burgess Owens, Peter Stauber, John Duarte, and Garret Graves for their work who all contributed legislative language to this bill. Mr. Chairman, I urge support of this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.”