Rep. Capito Supports Water Infrastructure Bill

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U.S. Representative Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) spoke on the House floor today in support of the conference report to H.R. 3080, the Water Resources Reform and Development Act. The House passed the conference report 412-4.

As a senior member of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, Rep. Capito served as a conferee on the report, which negotiated differences in the House and Senate's versions of the water resources bill.The conference report will go to the president to be signed into law after it is passed by the United States Senate.

Rep. Capito spoke about this bill before the House voted on the conference report today.

"Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the chairman and the ranking member for their hard work on this bill. As a member of the conference committee, I am in strong support of this report.

"Really, there's two numbers that stick out to me, that come to mind for me in this report, that's 9,900. 9,900 local jobs in West Virginia are supported by West Virginia waterways. The next number is $1.6 billion. That's how much waterways industry contributes to our great state. So this is important that we do this efficient, well maintained, that we can move our goods and services, particularly our West Virginia coal, down the rivers to power America.

"I'm in strong support of this bill and I again congratulate the chairman and ranking member for moving this forward."

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