Bill Flores: “We cannot get the permits that we need.”

The goal of this hearing is to determine how we can build a hundred percent clean economy with opportunities for a low-carbon recovery.

We as policymakers should also heed your comments regarding the fallacy of expanding pollution sources in China in order to meet our environmental objectives.

By any number of metrics, our economy is really strong, thanks in large part to the policies implemented by Congress in 2017 and 2018 and by the Trump Administration.

I would encourage you to expand the program's flexibility to address the needs of rural water systems.