Political Quotes

“I rise in support of the reauthorization of H.R. 5320, the Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act of 2010. This is a bipartisan piece of legislation, which has been worked on, as Chairman Markey just indicated, on a bipartisan basis, both at the subcommittee and the full committee. It would reauthorize the Safe Water Drinking Act for the first time since 1996. It includes some new information, requires some scientific studies, but says that those studies actually have to be based on best science. It has an authorization level of a little over $4.8 billion. This is an increase of the existing authorization, but it is a compromise from the introduced draft which I believe was about $15 billion over 5 years. So this is Congress at its finest. It did pass 45-1. I hope it passes the House unanimously. With that, I urge adoption of the bill. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 5320, the Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act of 2010. Although H.R. 5320 is not perfect, it is, however, a good compromise that will ensure drinking water is safe. The introduced bill authorized the Safe Drinking Water Act's Revolving Loan Fund at $14.7 billion over 5 years. This amount is nearly the entire amount appropriated by the Federal government for the program for the past 14 years combined. After discussion, we agreed on $4.8 billion over three years. H.R. 5320 also contains provisions dealing with substances in drinking water that might disrupt the human endocrine system. And H.R.…”