[Senate Hearing 117-23]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
S. Hrg. 117-23
BUSINESS MEETING
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MEETING
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COMMITTEE ON
ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
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APRIL 14, 2021
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COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS
ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware, Chairman
BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO, West
BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont Virginia,
SHELDON WHITEHOUSE, Rhode Island Ranking Member
JEFF MERKLEY, Oregon JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma
EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts KEVIN CRAMER, North Dakota
TAMMY DUCKWORTH, Illinois CYNTHIA M. LUMMIS, Wyoming
DEBBIE STABENOW, Michigan RICHARD SHELBY, Alabama
MARK KELLY, Arizona JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas
ALEX PADILLA, California ROGER WICKER, Mississippi
DAN SULLIVAN, Alaska
JONI ERNST, Iowa
LINDSEY O. GRAHAM, South Carolina
Mary Frances Repko, Democratic Staff Director
Adam Tomlinson, Republican Staff Director
C O N T E N T S
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APRIL 14, 2021
OPENING STATEMENT
Carper, Hon. Thomas R., U.S. Senator from the State of Delaware.. 1
LEGISLATION
S. 914, To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize programs under those
Acts, and for other purposes................................... 3
BUSINESS MEETING
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 2021
U.S. Senate,
Committee on Environment and Public Works,
Washington, DC.
The Committee, met, pursuant to notice, at 10:04 a.m. in
room 406, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Thomas R. Carper
(Chairman of the Committee) presiding.
Present: Senators Carper, Capito, Cardin, Whitehouse,
Markey, Kelly, Padilla, Inhofe, Cramer, Lummis, Boozman, and
Ernst.
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. THOMAS R. CARPER,
U.S. SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF DELAWARE
Senator Carper. Good morning, everybody. I want to welcome
one and all for joining us this morning.
As soon as we have 11 members present, we're going to have
a short business meeting. As some of you know, Senator Capito
knows as well, the Government Printing Office made a mistake
after we passed out and reported out our water infrastructure
legislation 2 weeks ago. As a result, we need to simply do
again what we did 2 weeks ago, and that is to report out those
bills.
I hope we will do that in short order once we have 11, and
then we will get back to our business as before us today.
I am going to start, until we have 11, I am going to start
with a statement and invite Senator Capito to do that as well.
If we have 11 people appear magically, we will break and do the
vote.
Today's hearing is special for a variety of reasons. One of
the reasons is because it has the longest title I've ever seen
in 20 years in the U.S. Senate. The title is Long-Term Solvency
of the Highway Trust Fund: Lessons Learned from the Surface
Transportation System Funding Alternatives Program and Other
User-Based Revenue Solutions, and How Funding Uncertainty
Affects the Highway Programs. That is it. That is probably the
longest acronym.
There is probably a great acronym in there somewhere,
probably several of them, Senator Capito, but I am not going to
take our time to figure out what it is.
I want to thank Senator Capito. I want to thank our staff
and all of you for helping us put together today's hearing, and
I especially want to welcome our witnesses. Some of them are
here in person, and some of them are joining us virtually.
Senator Capito and I have been informed that our water
legislation, and I want to thank again Senators Capito, Lummis,
Cardin, Wicker, others who helped work to make that legislation
possible to first report out unanimously 2 weeks ago. My thanks
to all of you who supported it. We are informed by our
leadership that that legislation very likely will be on the
floor.
Pardon? Do we have 11? That is great. All right.
In that case, we will just hold off for a moment on my
statement, and my Ranking Member tells me we now have the
number that we need physically present to be able to vote.
Therefore the Senate now considers S. 914, the Drinking
Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021. First, we will
adopt the bipartisan Carper-Capito Amendment No. 1, just as we
did last month.
I move to adopt the Carper-Capito Substitute Amendment.
Senator Capito and I have agreed to do this by voice vote.
Is there a second?
Senator Capito. Second.
Senator Carper. All in favor, say aye.
[Chorus of ayes.]
Senator Carper. All opposed, say nay.
[No audible response.]
Senator Carper. The ayes have it.
I now move that the Committee report S. 914, the Drinking
Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021 as amended.
Is there a second?
Senator Capito. Second.
Senator Carper. Moved and seconded.
All in favor, say aye.
[Chorus of ayes.]
Senator Carper. All opposed, say nay.
[No audible response.]
Senator Carper. The ayes have it.
I now ask unanimous consent that the business meeting
record reflect that S. 914 as amended was reported by the same
20 to 0 vote as when the Committee acted on March 24th, 2021. I
further ask that our staff be allowed to make any necessary
technical and conforming changes to this measure.
Is there objection? Hearing none, so ordered.
Now, we will return to our hearing.
Mary Frances, thank you for helping me get through that
landmine.
[Whereupon, at 10:08 a.m., the Committee proceeded to other
business.]
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