The advocacy group Food & Water Watch on Thursday called out Republicans on a U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee panel for pushing a 64% cut to a pair of federal clean water funds in the next fiscal year.
“House Republicans should be ashamed of themselves,” declared Mary Grant, the group’s Public Water for All campaign director, in a statement. “Their spending proposal threatens the very safety of our country’s water and wastewater systems for the sake of political showmanship.”
The Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), on Thursday marked up a GOP appropriations bill for fiscal year 2024. A Republican fact sheet celebrates proposed “cuts to wasteful spending” and “claw-backs of prior appropriations,” highlighting that it “reins in” the Environmental Protection Agency, “limits abuse of […]
I am lucky this year. My garden in one year, a long time ago cost me over $300 for the month of July using city water. This year, God has given me water by rain coming every other day during July. It was a great break for me not having to water using city water. I can only hope the rain contains good water!