Video & Transcript : 'Clean Water Act' :
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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The Clean Water Fund is largely the Clean Water Council revised recs.
- The Clean Water Fund is largely the Clean Water Council revised recs.
- That and that's in the clean water fund.
- Same thing one-third samps clean water.
- </c><01:03:02.079><c> We</c> Sams or the Clean Water Council. We Sams or the Clean Water Council.
Bills:
HF2563
Committee:
House Legacy Finance
Keywords:
HF2563, legacy finance bill, Legacy Amendment, outdoor heritage fund, clean water fund, parks and trails fund, arts and cultural heritage fund, Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council, Clean Water Council, Minnesota legacy funds, habitat conservation, prairie restoration, wetland restoration, forest conservation, riparian buffers, water quality, groundwater protection, drinking water, septic systems, watershed planning
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Friday, December 12, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:21:49.120><c> However,</c> will gut the Clean Water Act.
- However, will gut the Clean Water Act.
- It maintains statutory Clean Water Act.
- savings</c> of the Clean Water Act, these savings of the Clean Water Act, these savings will<00:22:32.640
- </c> requirement under the Clean Water Act. requirement under the Clean Water Act.
Bills:
HB3668
Keywords:
pipeline, natural gas, Natural Gas Act, FERC, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, NEPA, environmental review, permitting reform, LNG, liquefied natural gas, certificate of public convenience and necessity, section 7, section 3, Clean Water Act, section 401, water quality certification, state authority, interagency coordination, pipeline safety, pipeline security
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets Jan 13th, 2026
Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets
Transcript Highlights:
- Third, the Mass Ready Act protects water and nature.
- And through the SRF examples for clean water and drinking water, we've seen, you know, one dollar coming
- Water Trust is able to borrow against those revenue streams... ...funding, and the Clean Water Trust
- a day by flushing clean drinking water down the toilet.
- The Mass Ready Act has so many things that impact our community, particularly clean air and clean water
Bills:
S2542
Keywords:
climate resilience, resilience bond bill, environmental bond, infrastructure spending, flood control, coastal resilience, PFAS, clean water, wetlands, nature-based solutions, housing permitting, flood disclosure, land conservation, biodiversity, forest reserves, municipal vulnerability preparedness, MVP grant program, food security, agricultural resilience, solid waste
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Mar 4th, 2026
Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- And for 50 years, she pushed for yes to clean up this river.
- H. 5140 is an act creating parity among Massachusetts beaches.
- Bridicifum is considered highly toxic to warm and cold water fish species.
- And they're slow acting.
- And they're slow acting.
Bills:
H5113 , H5076 , H4972 , H4917 , H4700 , S2896 , S2961 , S2933 , H5141 , H5140 , H5139 , S2877 , H3920
Keywords:
Marion Stoddart, riverwalk, J. Harry Rich State Forest, Groton, Nashua River, Nashua River Watershed Association, Massachusetts Clean Waters Act, Department of Conservation and Recreation, DCR, trail designation, state forest, conservation, environmental recognition, commemorative naming, signage, public lands, toxic pesticides, Eastham, environmental regulation, local control
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, December 11, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:58:33.920><c> in</c> the clean water act for businesses in the clean water act for businesses
- the Clean Water Act.
- Clean Water Act, Congress took historic Clean Water Act, Congress took historic action<01:09:08.319><
- We know the dirty water bill reduces significant oversight for the Clean Air Act, a clean water act.
- We know the dirty water bill reduces significant oversight for the Clean Air Act, a clean water act.
Keywords:
military funding, defense, appropriations, fiscal year, government, labor relations, collective bargaining, federal employees, workforce protection, executive order, federal labor relations, labor management, federal oversight, government reform, Clean Water Act, Federal Water Pollution Control Act, PERMIT Act, waters of the United States, WOTUS, EPA
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, June 29, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Waters for their work with the majority to craft this extension of the Terror Risk Insurance Act, H.R
- Kids Act.
- the Kids Act.
- Act.
- The Kids Act includes my The Kids Act includes my bill, the Kids Online Safety Act, which will ensure
Bills:
HCR108 , HB3300 , HB7128 , HB7757 , HB7305 , HB7266 , HB7258 , HB7257 , HB3350 , HB4662 , HB5347 , HB8873
Keywords:
HCR108, H. Con. Res. 108, War Powers Resolution, Lebanon, Lebanese Armed Forces, U.S. Armed Forces, hostilities, military withdrawal, troop removal, concurrent resolution, Congressional war powers, executive war powers, foreign policy, Middle East, diplomatic facilities, security cooperation, cease hostilities, military engagement, war authorization, non-authorization of force
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Feb 5th, 2026 at 09:30 am
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Ladies and gentlemen, you know, for years we taught my girls about random acts of kindness to just be
- kind to people, just do it Randomly, what we need to be teaching them as well as about random acts of
Keywords:
water infrastructure, Oklahoma Water Resources Board, revolving fund, grants, environmental compliance, SB1191, Oklahoma Energy Initiative Act, Oklahoma Low Carbon Energy Initiative Board, low carbon energy, clean energy, energy policy, renewable energy, board repeal, statutory repeal, administrative board, energy committee, natural resources, Oklahoma statutes, 17 O.S. 802.3, fossil fuels
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- So 1439, Creates an Energy Security and Independence Act.
- If we pollute water, it has an impact and it takes a long time to clean up.
- Thank you, Committee. 1930 is a mirror bill to the Brian Development Act that I passed from the House
Committee:
House Energy
Keywords:
SB1191, Oklahoma Energy Initiative Act, Oklahoma Low Carbon Energy Initiative Board, low carbon energy, clean energy, energy policy, renewable energy, board repeal, statutory repeal, administrative board, energy committee, natural resources, Oklahoma statutes, 17 O.S. 802.3, oil and gas, surety bond, financial responsibility, environmental compliance, plugging wells, SB1613
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- And then the Clean Water Fund, $304 million to clean up our waters.
- These are recommendations from the Clean Water Council and the governor.
- Brad Hagmier: The clean water fund, $304 million to clean up our waters.
- These are recommendations from the Clean Water Council and the governor.
- If you go to page four, you will see the start of the Clean Water Fund.
Committee:
House Ways and Means
Keywords:
agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- And you're aware of all the water requests.
- This is a REAP water program.
- Water permitting is based on either a default of two acre-feet of water per one acre that you own overlying
- But Oklahoma groundwater law says the water board is required to quantify the total water and storage
- So, I appreciate working with the water board and all their efforts with the water plan and things we've
Committee:
Senate Energy
Keywords:
SB1191, Oklahoma Energy Initiative Act, Oklahoma Low Carbon Energy Initiative Board, low carbon energy, clean energy, energy policy, renewable energy, board repeal, statutory repeal, administrative board, energy committee, natural resources, Oklahoma statutes, 17 O.S. 802.3, groundwater, indemnity fund, well drilling, pollution prevention, regulatory compliance, SB1319
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- We acknowledge that the Groundwater Management Act was written to address urban and suburban water management
- Air Act, which talks about transport... ...under one section of the Clean Air Act, which talks about
- Air Act, just as his predecessor took the opinion contrary to it. ...Clean Air Act, just as his predecessor
- They created the Clean Air Act; they created the EPA. In the course of it...
- They created the Clean Air Act; they created the EPA.
Keywords:
electronic monitoring, nursing care, assisted living, resident rights, privacy, consent, surveillance, stormwater, water storage, replenishment credits, groundwater, aquifer, Arizona Revised Statutes, irrigation rights, water duty, water allocation, management areas, Salt River horse herd, wild horses, feral horses
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- That is clean, carbon-free power, by the way.
- That is clean, carbon-free power, by the way. As R.
- Clean energy is a phrase that needs fine-tuning and definition.
- The Growth Management Act was enacted three and a half decades ago, 35 years ago.
- We need more funding for water and sewer projects that meet state and federal needs.
Committee:
House Finance
Keywords:
durable medical equipment, sales tax exemption, healthcare accessibility, cost reduction, nonprofit providers, affordable housing, real estate tax, exemption, housing policy, tax incentives, real estate excise tax, REET, growth management act, GMA, local government finance, capital facilities plan, comprehensive plan, county tax, city tax, voter approval
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/17/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- It's an irrigation water storage lake that stores water that supplies the irrigation system, which waters
- Acting Chair, you miss acting chair.
- To your point, in many cases the treated water is less contaminated than lake water or river water."
- effluent water, and that water went down the Santa Cruz Wash.
- You can pass that other water through, and... ...surface water in their lakes.
Committees:
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water , House House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference
Keywords:
underground utilities, utility locating, dig safe, call before you dig, excavation safety, damage prevention, one-call center, locate request, white lining, large project coordination, buried infrastructure, subsurface utilities, utility marking, locator wire, locator strip, interactive positive response system, landlord duties, apartment community, mobile home park, sewer line
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- determine ratings for every type of entity that we rate, whether it's a state or a local government or a water
- the</c><01:18:25.480><c> city</c><01:18:26.480><c> um</c><01:18:26.639><c> the</c><01:18:26.800><c> act
- </c> actually owned by the city um the act actually owned by the city um the act act<01:18:27.440><c>
- :18:28.280><c> arena</c><01:18:28.719><c> is</c><01:18:28.880><c> owned</c><01:18:29.239><c> by</c> act
- the actual Excel arena is owned by act the actual Excel arena is owned by the<01:18:29.560><c> city<
Bills:
HF201 , HF217 , HF314 , HF315 , HF406 , HF408 , HF425 , HF426 , HF730 , HF731 , HF652 , HF761 , HF1079 , HF928 , HF1017 , HF1056 , HF1081
Committee:
Senate Capital Investment
Keywords:
HF201, Minnesota income tax, tax subtraction, tax deduction, volunteer firefighter, volunteer fire and rescue, emergency responder, ambulance service personnel, EMR, EMS, search and rescue, canine search and rescue, underwater search and rescue, paid-on-call, part-time volunteer, tax relief, state tax law, section 290.0132, drivers license, identification card
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- water savings and the water supply being conserved.
- Let me... ...water savings and the water supply being conserved.
- The funding mechanism that would be specifically used here is the Clean Water State Revolving Fund.
- Funding to address these cesspools exists and is available via the Clean Water State Revolving Fund,
- We need continued water security. We need continued water security.
Keywords:
water conservation, grants, infrastructure, environmental protection, sustainability, cesspool remediation, cesspool replacement, forgivable principal, forgivable loan, wifa, water infrastructure finance authority, clean water revolving fund, drinking water revolving fund, wastewater infrastructure, on-site wastewater system, septic system, groundwater protection, public health, nonpoint source pollution, county water projects
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- For biosolids, they have regulations for water intended to limit the health effects of consuming water
- Contaminant levels for water are due to direct consumption through water.
- And I think we need to act accordingly.
- HB 4246 is the tax dollars that go to rural water.
- This is the tax dollars that go to rural water.
Committee:
Senate Energy
Keywords:
climatology, emergency declaration, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, environment, weather data, public policy, state governance, natural resources, advisory councils, sunset law, water quality, hazardous waste, solid waste, radiation management, public health, biosolids, land application, environmental quality, agriculture, wastewater treatment
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Act regulations, that as those systems start to fail, they're able to still provide safe drinking water
- </c> assist with meeting Safe Drinking Water assist with meeting Safe Drinking Water Act<00:52:47.880
- </c> water and their waste water treatment. water and their waste water treatment.
- I work with our wonderful partners at the Public Facilities Authority on clean water infrastructure funding
- </c> Water District project. Water District project.
Bills:
HF4680 , HF4047 , HF4590 , HF3757 , HF3569 , HF4507 , HF4426 , HF4927 , HF4788 , HF4757 , HF4747 , HF3561 , HF4014 , HF4013 , HF4689 , HF4766 , HF4589
Committee:
Senate Capital Investment
Keywords:
wastewater treatment, improvements, capital investment, Greenfield, bonds, water treatment, infrastructure, municipal funding, state bonds, public utilities, HF4590, Tamarack, municipal infrastructure, bonding bill, general obligation bonds, Public Facilities Authority, sewer system, collection system, street reconstruction, local infrastructure
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/20/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- , or improvements for the efficiency of use of water, or improvements in water reliability.
- and the water supply being conserved.
- It prescribes WIFA to award financial assistance for those projects from the Clean Water Revolving Fund
- The funding mechanism to handle these loans would specifically be the Clean Water State Revolving Fund
- Funding to address these exists; we talked about that available via the Clean Water State Revolving Fund
Committees:
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water , House House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference
Keywords:
water conservation, grants, infrastructure, environmental protection, sustainability, grant fund, Arizona water law, A.R.S. 49-1332, water efficiency, water reuse, education programs, public outreach, rainwater harvesting, gray water, graywater, drought-resistant landscaping, xeriscaping, turf removal, groundwater recharge, aquifer health
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- water.
- . as these ecosystems provide, as John mentioned, clean drinking water, flood mitigation, wildlife habitat
- You are here on behalf of Texans for Clean Water and on behalf of yourself, and that you are in favor
- You are here on behalf of Texans for Clean Water and on behalf of yourself, and that you are in favor
- Our members value clean bays, beaches, and gulf waters while other people, other witnesses are... talking
Bills:
HB1730 , HB1823 , HB2048 , HB2266 , HB2440 , HB3333 , HB4086 , HB4271 , HB4413 , HB4839 , HB4841 , HB5151
Committee:
House Environmental Regulation
Keywords:
PFAS, perfluoroalkyl substances, polyfluoroalkyl substances, forever chemicals, public health study, environmental regulation, drinking water, groundwater, surface water, food packaging, chemical exposure, firefighters, chemical manufacturing workers, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, TCEQ, Railroad Commission of Texas, Department of State Health Services, University of Houston, occupational exposure, contaminants
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, April 30, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- preeemption</c> target clean air act federal preeemption target clean air act federal preeemption waiverss
- Republicans care about clean air. We care about clean water. We also care about common sense.
- We also care care about clean water.
- Air Act, air enactment of the Clean Air Act, air pollution<05:46:33.920><c> remains</c><05:46:34.320
- Clean Air Act to of its standing in the Clean Air Act to limit<06:00:42.480><c> consumer</c><06:00:43.240
Keywords:
EPA, pollution control, California emissions standards, NOX regulation, congressional disapproval, HJR87, H.J.Res. 87, Congressional Review Act, CRA, EPA waiver, California waiver, preemption, vehicle emissions, heavy-duty trucks, engine emissions, Advanced Clean Trucks, zero-emission vehicles, ZEV, zero-emission airport shuttle, powertrain certification