Betty Sutton: “Working families are facing skyrocketing education, energy, and healthcare costs.”

The estimated costs of such a restoration effort, however, roughly mirror estimates of the amount of monies potentially recoverable in Clean Water Act penalties from those private companies responsible for the Gulf oil spill.

The more than one million veterans in Ohio and 24 million nationwide deserve nothing less than our full support.

I cannot stress enough the positive impact these grants have had in my congressional district and I urge the Committee to support the President's request of $4.5 billion.

I urge you to keep the needs of working families in mind as you make your decisions.