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I represent a district covering Rockland, Westchester and Bronx counties, all of which are part of the 9 million people that this water is so important for.

What's happening on the Colorado River is happening all over the world. The water is overused, overdammed, and it's polluted in some places.

Water's about everything. And when the federal government controls water, it controls everything - that's the problem.

When I was a kid a growing up in Ontario, Canada, Lake Erie was so polluted, I never thought it would ever, EVER be turned around where they could start cleaning it out in my lifetime!

We buy a bottle of water in the city, where clean water comes out in its taps. You know, back in 1965, if someone said to the average person, 'You know in thirty years you are going to buy water in plastic bottles and pay more for that water than for gasoline?' Everybody would look at you like you're completely out of your mind.

The situation is quite serious - groundwater is important source for water use, including drinking water, and if it gets contaminated, it's very costly and difficult to clean.

My secret is one the world needs to know - nearly a billion people a year die from unsafe drinking water.

Ohioans need peace of mind that the water coming out of their tap is safe. It's as simple as that.

I think people really understand that clean air and clean water and not having factories dumping their emissions into the atmosphere and into the rivers and into the sea has been a very good thing for America. EPA stands watch for very important principles that go all the way back to Teddy Roosevelt.

There's over a billion people on this planet that don't have access to clean drinking water.