Timothy H. Bishop: “Clean water infrastructure is not, nor should it be, a partisan issue.”

I think probably the acting commissioner of the IRS has a better shot of being named Government Man of the Year than we have getting that program through.

This is not a power grab. This is not the Federal Government expanding its reach.

In my view, and I think it is one that is backed up by lessons learned from the Recovery Act of 2009, Federal investments in our Nation's infrastructure systems, our highways, bridges, airports, sewers, and other water related…

My fondest hope as I leave the Congress is that the way in which this committee has conducted its business will come to characterize the way the Congress as a whole conducts its business.