House Proceeding on Apr 23rd, 2009 :: 1:14:50 to 1:17:40
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Betty McCollum: mr. hall: mr. chairman, continue to reserve. the chair: the gentleman continues to reserve. the gentleman from tennessee. mr. gordon: mr. chairman, i want to thank ms. mccollum for her important contribution to this amendment and yield three minutes to the gentlelady. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for t from wisconsin.

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Speech By: Betty McCollum

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Betty McCollum: ms. mccollum: thank you, mr. chairman, mr. gordon. i rise in strong support for the national water research and development initiative act and for the manager's amendment. my state of minnesota claims over 10,000 lakes and as the head waters of the mississippi river and is part of the great lakes chain of lakes. we have lake superior on our

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Betty McCollum: northern shore. improving the coordination of federal research is important for my state and for our countrynd we need to do a better job of making use of data to make good policy. . this amendment includes three important provisions. the first part of my amendment which is included in the manager's amendment clarifies

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Betty McCollum: the bill's focus to include both waterer quality and quantity. federal jurisdiction on water policy tends to create a division between the two, but the science often overlaps. to achieve the goal of coordination of research across all federal agencies, it's important to support a comprehensive reseah agenda, and this legislation does that.

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Betty McCollum: second, in the area water quality this amendment adds research objective related to chemical impayments in our water supply, specifically contaminants of emerging concern, these include pharmaceuticals, personal care projects, and others. researchers have found that exposure to these contaminants

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Betty McCollum: can produce both deformities and reproductive problems in aquatic species and insects. today we know enough about these contaminants to be worried, but not enough to provide good information to our state health officials and our constituents. research on these contaminants must be a federal priority and this legislation moves in that direction.

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Betty McCollum: and finally, the amendment will link the existing work of the 54 federally funded research centers with the new federal water research plan called for in h.r. 1145. the national institutes for water resources are located in the institutions of higher education all across country. this research network is underutilized as a resource.

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Betty McCollum: this amendment would make it a priority for the national water research institute to support the goals of h.r. 1145 and increase coordination among the centers so that they are more effective part nerts in federal water quality efforts. this amendment promotes federal approach to water research. it is a comprehensive, effective, and one that leverages all of our federal

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Betty McCollum: research partners to work together. i encourage my colleagues to support this amendment and the bill and again i thank chairman gordon for his leadership on