On the recordJune 7, 2022
I give great accolades to the chairman for his years of service. This bill, H.R. 7776, deals with water resources infrastructure, makes communities more resilient, and helps indigenous minority communities, but urban areas as well. The first longstanding impact that we have had in Texas over the years, one of the big ones was Hurricane Ike; 195 dead, 143 miles per hour and, of course, $38 billion. It was, in fact, the seventh most expensive hurricane. We have continued with the devastation through Hurricane Harvey. This helps us with the Ike Dike and the coastal spine. We are saving lives and helping people. I support this bill because we can live on the Gulf Coast. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 7776, the ``Water Resources Development Act of 2022.'' This is the bill costal regions await because it outlines what critical infrastructure projects will be funded by or in part by the federal government. I rise to speak on behalf of the city of Houston, which was shortchanged by the General Land Office of Houston, which has not received a single dollar out of $4.3 billion in Hurricane Harvey funding appropriated by this body for flood mitigation. Houston experienced 25 percent of the damage caused by Hurricane Harvey which occurred in the city of Houston and twenty-five percent occurred in Harris County.…
