Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of today's veto override to ensure my bill, HR131 becomes law. In December of last year, this common sense, bipartisan and bicameral bill passed both House and Senate unanimously. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has estimated that my bill will not result in a measurable increase to federal spending. HR131, the finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit act will help small rural communities in southeast Colorado finally complete a federal water project that was authorized in 1962 under the Kennedy Administration. (00:31–00:42)
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