Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2010 -- (House of Representatives - July 15, 2009)

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Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, I want to congratulate both Mr. Pastor and Mr. Frelinghuysen for an excellent bill. They are both first-rate legislators, and I think this bill is a very effective and reasonable response to the problems with which it deals. I think it's, most clearly, a bipartisan product as well, and I appreciate that.

I also appreciate the fact that this bill will continue providing significant assistance to Lake Superior communities who need help with sewer and water in order to be able to provide decent opportunities for economic growth in the future. Communities cannot grow without adequate infrastructure.

I also want to suggest that the nonproliferation efforts contained in this bill are important, indeed.

I would also note that when combined with the actions taken in the Recovery Act, this bill will begin the long process of trying to make up for the fact that for almost 30 years, this country has had no effective energy policy. That has to change, and this is part of the effort to change that.

I also appreciate the fact that, as is the case with previous bills approved by the committee, when this bill is finished on the floor, we will have accepted 24 Republican amendments to appropriation bills in the full committee. We will have accepted another 24 on the floor itself. I think that is testimony to the bipartisan approach taken by the subcommittees on bill after bill. I appreciate the cooperation of all of the Members and the hard work of the staff.

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