Pete Sessions: “I rise in support of H.R. 910, the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Initiative. I believe it provides a national model…”

“I rise in support of H.R. 910, the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Initiative. I believe it provides a national model for protection of our Nation's water supply from perchlorate. Perchlorate is an inorganic chemical used to manufacture solid rocket fuel and other explosives. I want to thank the gentleman from California (Mr. Dreier) for his assistance in addressing this important conservation issue in a part of my district which also impacts the entire Brazos River Corridor in Central Texas by adding funding to the study of perchlorate contamination originating from the former Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant in McGregor, Texas. With this funding, the Brazos River Authority and the Corps of Engineers will be able to carefully assess the extent of perchlorate contamination in this very critical watershed. By doing so, they will not only protect the drinking water of Central Texas but will also protect the Brazos Basin from Waco to the Gulf of Mexico.”