House GOP Backs Drinking Water Funds But Faults EPA Policy Provisions

摘要

Republican members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee agreed with Democrats at a May 25 hearing that Congress should provide EPA with funding to address significant drinking water infrastructure needs, but the GOP lawmakers objected to policy provisions in pending funding bills that would create new authorities for the agency. "Helping our communities comply with the Safe Drinking Water Act, extending funding for proven programs, increasing purchasing power for drinking water systems and bolstering technical assistance - these are the items upon which I think we all agree," Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), the top Republican on the full committee, said in her opening remarks.