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Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013

Floor Speech

Date: Oct. 23, 2013
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Environment

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Mr. HECK of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act, and I rise in support for a very good reason. This bill helps create jobs, good jobs, family-wage jobs. And it is not just jobs in construction from the infrastructure projects. It is jobs throughout the shipping and transportation sectors.

I happen to represent a district that contains a number of ports, including the Port of Olympia and parts of the Port of Tacoma. And activities at the Port of Tacoma alone are related to 113,000 jobs in Washington State; but there are more jobs to be found there, and around the country, if we act now.

Mr. Speaker, I believe a healthy economy requires a healthy environment, and I hope that the final bill that is reported out of the conference committee does not get caught in the false premise of having to choose just one.

However, I think this bill is a good, bipartisan start, and I urge its passage.

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