Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024, the sixth consecutive bipartisan bill approved by Congress to address local water resources across the country. Regular biennial consideration of WRDA, as we call it, is a proud bipartisan tradition of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. It provides predictability to local sponsors and the Army Corps of Engineers in carrying out projects to improve the Nation's ports, harbors, and inland navigation systems and to protect communities from flood and storm risks. These are locally driven projects that will create good-paying jobs for hardworking women and men by strengthening our global competitiveness and supply chains and ensuring the resilience of communities for decades to come. Mr. Speaker, I thank Chair Graves, Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Chair Rouzer, and their staff for their partnership, insight, and collaboration in developing this important legislation. Mr. Speaker, I also thank our Senate counterparts, Chair Carper and Ranking Member Capito, for their support in shepherding this bill over the finish line. I specifically recognize Ranking Member Napolitano for her leadership on this WRDA, as well as the four previous WRDA bills.…”