Dusty Johnson: “Today, I am proud to be introducing legislation, along with my colleagues, the Minority Leader Senator Daschle of South…”

“Today, I am proud to be introducing legislation, along with my colleagues, the Minority Leader Senator Daschle of South Dakota, Senator Harkin and Senator Grassley of Iowa, and Senator Wellstone and Senator Grams of Minnesota, to authorize the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System. We introduced similar legislation last Congress, and I am pleased with the progress we made in the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The Committee held a hearing and passed the legislation during the 105th Congress, and I look forward to again working closely with my colleagues for timely consideration of this important measure. The Lewis and Clark Rural Water system is made up of 22 rural water systems and communities in southeastern South Dakota, northwestern Iowa and southwestern Minnesota who have joined together in an effort to cooperatively address the dual problems facing the delivery of drinking water in this region--inadequate quantities of water and poor quality water.”