Susie Lee said "I will just, again, reiterate that most importantly about this amendment is it does address local needs. Specifically, we included language in this to allow for local entities. But most importantly, they are accessing Federal dollars. So with Federal dollars, I think we need to put some safeguards to make sure that that investment will withstand the impact of climate change that we are seeing all across this country. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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I will just, again, reiterate that most importantly about this amendment is it does address local needs. Specifically, we included language in this to allow for local entities. But most importantly, they are accessing Federal dollars. So with Federal dollars, I think we need to put some safeguards to make sure that that investment will withstand the impact of climate change that we are seeing all across this country. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

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