[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 87 (Thursday, June 29, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H4798]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT

  (Mr. FOLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask the Senate to please 
bring the Water Resources Development Act to the floor for passage 
before the August recess.
  We passed WRDA, as it is known, the Water Resources Development Act, 
here in the House on July 14, 2005, almost a year ago. It still awaits 
action in the Senate. I am encouraged by recent reports that the 
parties over in the other body have agreed to a critical debate on this 
bill; yet we await a schedule.
  Indian River Lagoon is one of the important projects contained in 
WRDA, helping the Indian River Lagoon, comprehensive Everglades 
restoration, helping reconstruct damage caused by dikes, levees and a 
number of other public works projects over 70 years.
  The Everglades needs our help. It needs our help now. The polluted 
waters of Florida are in desperate need of rehabilitation. WRDA would 
solve many of these problems.
  I urge Senator Frist to bring up WRDA, and hopefully it will pass so 
the House and the Senate can be on record of supporting the 
environment.

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