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Subcommittee chairman urges review of Clean Water Act to speed infrastructure projects
Summary
The chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment opened a hearing by urging a review of the Clean Water Act to better balance water quality protections with timely delivery of infrastructure projects, and said the panel will hear from witnesses about possible changes.
The chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment (name not provided in the transcript) opened the hearing by saying the Clean Water Act has improved the nation’s waters but has sometimes been used to delay infrastructure work.
“For 50 years, the Clean Water Act has functioned to improve the quality of rivers, lakes, and streams throughout the country, including in my home state of…
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