On the recordJuly 7, 2011
I would like to acknowledge the gentlewoman's hard work to clean up this part of the District of Columbia. Our bill provides $276.5 million in the Environment Restoration Account, formerly the Used Defense Site Account. The Department has the authority to provide funding to those projects that it deems of the highest priority and that pose the greatest risk to environmental and human health. If the Department believes that funding such a study as the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia suggests is important, the Department has the ability to do so. For these reasons, we do oppose the amendment.
