House Democrats Eye ‘Ambitious’ Water Infrastructure Funding Measure

Democratic leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (T&I) are planning to reintroduce water infrastructure legislation to reauthorize a key EPA funding program at “ambitious” levels, pushing back on Republican concerns that increased federal funding is unrealistic. “We are planning to soon re-introduce the Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act to reauthorize the Clean Water [state revolving fund (SRF)], and I urge all our members to support this effort to address local water quality challenges,” Rep. Grace Napolitano...