Originally authorized more than two decades ago in WORDA 2000, raising the program's funding cap in WORD of 2024 will ensure that vital federal assistance for the Wash can continue. And finally, I am pleased to join Ranking Member Napolitano in seeking to elevate Water supply and water conservation should be primary mission areas in the US Corps of Engineers. For too long, these priorities, which only grow more pressing for southern Nevada with each passing day, have been regarded as ancillary or secondary to other responsibilities of the Corps such as navigation and flood control. (03:09–03:47)
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Asserts the need for prioritizing water supply and conservation in the US Corps of Engineers' mission.
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