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Rep. Tlaib warns lead service line replacement remains underfunded, calls for surge in federal resources
Summary
Rep. Rashida Tlaib told the committee replacing every lead service line nationwide will cost nearly $75 billion and said appropriations recently cut $125 million from replacement funding; she urged bipartisan action to accelerate replacements and restore LIHWAP assistance.
Representative Rashida Tlaib (MI) told the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that the nation faces a multi‑billion dollar task to remove lead service lines and urged Congress to increase federal funding. "Updated estimates put the total cost of full lead service line replacement nearly $75,000,000,000," she said, adding that at…
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