Political Quotes

“I rise in support of H.R. 3267, the Sonny Bono Memorial Salton Sea Reclamation Act. This legislation offers an opportunity to restore the Salton Sea for recreational and ecological purposes and to improve water quality in the Alamo River and the New River. The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has an interest in several sections of this bill, particularly section 101, which authorizes the project to, among other things, improve water quality in the Salton Sea by reducing salinity, including authorization of appropriations to carry out this project to the Environmental Protection Agency; and section 201, which authorizes actions to improve water quality in the Alamo River and New River, including a waiver of section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for those persons who utilize a wetland filtration or constructed wetlands project to improve such water quality. I would like to thank the leadership of the Resources Committee for working with me on these provisions.”