H.R. 3662 and S.J. Res. 22

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Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to make todays votes due to important business in my district. Had I been here, I would have voted against both H.R. 3662 and S.J. Res. 22.

S.J. Res. 22, the bill to kill the Waters of the United States rule, is a cynical attempt to endanger the public health to score points with anti-environmental interests.

At this very moment, parents in Flint, Michigan are worried about their children's future after toxic lead exposure in their water. The blame for their concerns belongs here and in Lansing where anti- environmental interests have co-opted elected leaders. Today, Republicans spoke about the governors who have not challenged the Waters of the United States rule, saying they were too afraid to stand up for corporate interests. Bills like S.J. Res. 22 leave me wondering when my colleagues across the aisle will have the courage to stand up to corporate interests and for their constituents.

H.R. 3662 is a similarly wrong-headed bill, which requires the President to certify things he cannot know or prove, and would have the effect of blocking the Iran Deal from going into place. Bills that serve no purpose other than inflaming tensions between the United States and Iran have no place in this body, and I strongly condemn this attempt to derail the Iran Deal.

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