I call the committee back to order. Thanks to the first panel and we appreciate your testimony. We welcome the second panel that is with us. Fir, we have mr. Ms. Botts, she is a executive director for the kentucky she was named in 2013, has over 15 years of experience working in agriculture and World Development policy issues and helping individuals in rural areas understand issues related to policy and financing. You could be of help to individual senators i would imagine. Before returning to kentucky to work for kcard, she spent ten areas working on agriculture ask a policy staffer in the house of on representatives, grew up on a farm in kentucky and received a ms and bs in rural economics in kentucky and lives on a small farm right now, with her husband and two children, welcome to you, maam. We look forward to your testimony. Second witness is mr. Elmer general manager, Water Association and kansas america. He is the general manager of the kansas rural Water Association. His career
In illinoisillinois illinois ca tennessee recently testified. Id like to hall kacall the to order and thank our witnesses for joining today. I know its early. The one thing thats certain about us in washington d. C. Is that theres uncertainty around us, so because of other meetings scheduled and planned, we ask for you to come early. And i personally appreciate it. It shows you the interest of our colleagues that theyre here this early. So thats great. No matter how many miles youve first of all, we have folks as far away as alaska and as close as pennsylvania. No matter how many miles youve traveled to be with us, were grateful for the time and financial sacrifice to share your expertise with us today. Even though they did not have send someone to present oral the testimony, i appreciate the Environmental Protection agency providing us with written statement to include in our hearing record. I ask that unanimous consent without objection. So ordered. Im also pleased to announce the ag
Sunday night into monday morning and e seeing right now on the storm team 4 radar. The area in green is all rain. However just to our north and west were seeing that change over to some wet snow right now in Montgomery County in northern prince georges ho county and much farther to the west a few flurries in the darker gray zones. Frederick, Washington County panhandle of West Virginia. Skyline drive getting wet snow there thousand. East of th this green is rain. Here in northwest washington and northern Prince Georges County these Little Pockets of white there are bigger wet snowflakes reaching the ground. Much of Montgomery County now getting some of that wet snow as is Howard County. So we have a Winter Weather advisory all these counties in purple including the immediate metro area. Higher snow totals out here in the panhandle of West Virginia and in western maryland. Right now were still above freezing so any wet snow that is faulting is melting on any untreated surface. So the mo
Minimum requirements if were looking at the high noncompliance rates of utilities, the problems with 56rdability, the problems with small customer bases that just some great emphasis needs to be paid to providing more funding for these disadvantaged and smaller communities. My home state of texas has a lot of money theyre putting into water problems as a result of droughts. Californias done the same thing. Each state runs it different. A lot of states put extra money in. Some states dont. But i think its good. G. A. O. s done a terrific job at looking at some of these issues and i would encourage them to continue to do so. Thank you. My last question for mr. For mayor keegan mr. Newman and mr. Sellman, can you just given us briefly your success on the state resolving fund versus the r. U. S. , or do you access that . Why dont we go with mr. Keegan first . Sure. We havent had very much success. Weve had some limitations due to the average income of ow community. Weve been told its been
Let us pray. Dear chaplain conroy let us pray. Dear lord, we give you thanks for giving us another day. At the beginning of a new workweek, we use this moment to be reminded of your presence and to tap the resources needed by the members of this peoples house to do their work as well as it can be done. May they be led by your spirit in the decisions they make. May they possess your power as they steady themselves amid the pressures of persistent problems. May their faith in you deliver from them wear them down. All this week and through the week may they do their best to find solutions to pressing issues facing our nation. Please, hasten the day when justice and love shall dwell in the hearts of all peoples and rule the affairs of the nations of earth. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rul