Political Quotes

“I rise today to urge my colleagues to vote for this motion to proceed to the bipartisan Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021, otherwise known as DWWIA. As the ranking member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, I have been working closely with Chairman Carper and Senators Duckworth, Lummis, Cardin, and Cramer to craft meaningful legislation that addresses our country's aging drinking water and wastewater systems. Every city and town can tell you all about it. This bill authorizes more than $35 billion for water resource development projects across the country, with a focus on upgrading aging infrastructure, addressing the emerging threats of extreme weather events, including those resulting from climate change, and cyber security vulnerabilities. This bill also includes measures to invest in innovative technologies, and it provides assistance to marginalized communities. All of these things will help our communities keep their water safe and clean. Something I am particularly proud of is how this bill provides flexibility to both rural and urban areas and lets them decide how they can best address their needs. The most significant investments in this bill are in the drinking water and clean water State revolving funds. We know them as SRFs. The SRFs maximize authority for the States to determine how best to address drinking and wastewater challenges, utilizing a revolving loan fund to facilitate additional future investments.…”