[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 97 (Thursday, June 27, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1193]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1996

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                               speech of

                          HON. GARY A. FRANKS

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 25, 1996

  Mr. FRANKS of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my 
support for H.R. 3604, the Safe Drinking Water Act amendments. This 
bill will assure the safety of our drinking water. The American public 
will no longer have to worry that the water they drink might contain 
harmful contaminants.
  H.R. 3604 will provide State and local water systems with the 
resources they will need to ensure the safety of our drinking water. 
The bill creates a $7.6 billion State revolving fund. This fund will 
provide direct loans and grants that will allow water systems to make 
the improvements needed to ensure safe drinking water.
  Under the provisions of the bill water, systems will have to comply 
with standards that will ensure that our drinking water is free of the 
most dangerous contaminants, like cryptosporidium, a microbe that 
killed over 100 people in Milwaukee in 1993.
  Mr. Speaker, H.R. 3604 will ensure that every community in the 
country has clean and safe drinking water. I encourage my colleagues to 
support passage of this bill.

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