Strengthening local control to help improve land management

The issues of water reliability and water infrastructure are of such high importance, particularly in our region and across the West, that they are topics I constantly focus on in Congress.

Whether the backlog of water projects waiting to be built right here in the Fourth Congressional District, or the difficulty and complexity of renegotiating the Columbia River Treaty with Canada, to the ongoing threat of the spill order mandated at our lower Snake and Columbia River dams, we face a lot of challenges in ensuring a stable water supply for our communities.

To help address water concerns right...