Pete Sessions: “I was taken aback this morning after reading statements made by Vice President Gore that appeared in an article…”

“I was taken aback this morning after reading statements made by Vice President Gore that appeared in an article detailing the decision made by the Energy and Water Appropriations conference committee to eliminate Federal funding for the Tennessee Valley Administration's non-power programs. Funding for these TVA programs has been going on since TVA's inception. It has been pared down very much, year after year after year, until it has reached an amount that really can fund only the maintenance of the waterway, the dams, the flow of water, and reservoirs contained therein. The conference committee has determined and has decided that funding for these programs will be eliminated. I am extremely disappointed in that.”