WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources advanced U.S. Senator Alex Padilla's (D-Calif.) bipartisan bill to reauthorize desalination projects and research. Padilla's Desalination Reauthorization Actcleared committee by voice vote, along with a bipartisan amendment that was also adopted by voice vote.
"Access to safe and clean drinking water is a human right, and investments in desalination projects provide promising pathways to meet our water needs,"said Senator Padilla. "The bill will help strengthen investments into desalination research and development so that every American can access safe, clean water. This is a critica...