Haiti Development, Accountability, and Institutional Transparency Initiative Act

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Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, please let me thank Chair DeLauro for her persevering leadership on this critical bill, and I would like to thank Ranking Member Simpson for his productive partnership, as well as the Energy and Water Subcommittee staff and majority clerk, Jaime Shimek, for their work.

The Energy and Water division of this bill is a historic investment in American jobs, innovation, and competitiveness. It engages and advances all energy technologies to assure America's energy independence in perpetuity and for our security while sustaining life on Earth.

Our bill delivers for the American people by investing $8.3 billion in the Army Corps of Engineers to rebuild America's water infrastructure and prepare for increasing rainfall, rising sea levels, and desertification;

$1.92 billion in the Bureau of Reclamation for the West's water management;

$44.9 billion in the Department of Energy, including $3.2 billion for energy efficiency and renewable energy programs to spur good-paying jobs and lower costs for the middle class.

Importantly, our bill responsibly funds our nuclear deterrent and enhances nonproliferation efforts.

In sum, the energy and water division builds forward for America's critical goals. Our bill invests in the hardworking men and women who make, build, and grow America. Now more than ever, our bill is needed to unleash American progress in this new century.

Finally, as chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, I want to highlight the Congress' swift and essential support for Ukraine. On a bipartisan basis, it is this House, as Article 1 of the Constitution, that has always led on providing aid to Ukraine. The $13.6 billion in emergency funding includes vital resources for Ukraine and her brave people to meet their urgent economic and humanitarian needs.

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this measure unanimously.

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