WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman David Rouzer (R-NC), Congressman Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Congressman Colin Allred (D-TX), and Congresswoman Angie Craig (D-MN) announced the relaunch of the bipartisan Congressional Supply Chain Caucus. Before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the bipartisan Congressional Supply Chain Caucus was created to work toward updating… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07) was named Chairman on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment for the 118th Congress.
The Subcommittee has jurisdiction over matters relating to the development of our nation’s water resources and infrastructure. The Subcommittee also has direct… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Rep. David Rouzer (NC-07), Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Rep. Mike Bost (IL-12) and Congressional Western Caucus Vice Chair Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01) led 190 other House Republicans in a letter blasting the Biden Administration for its premature and reckless “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) final… Read more »
“Today’s announcement by the Biden Administration on their new rule for Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) is disappointing. This rule is both poor policy and badly timed. It is another example of this Administration’s determined adherence to the demands of environmentalists at the expense of hard-working Americans. While cloaked a little differently, this new WOTUS rule will once again place overly burdensome regulations on our farm families, small businesses, and entire communities further harming our economy — not to mention making critical infrastructure projects that much more expensive,” Rouzer said. Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, with strong support from Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07), the U.S. House of Representatives passed the FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to fund our Defense Department and provide our military with the resources needed to keep our nation safe.
The FY 2023 NDAA also includes the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (WRDA), including… Read more »
WILMINGTON, N.C. - Today, North Carolina Reps. David Rouzer (NC-07) and Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) held the second annual Water Adaptation to Ensure Regional Success (WATERS) Summit at the Wilmington Convention Center in Wilmington, NC.This full day nonpartisan event brought together over 150 local, state, and federal leaders, academic experts, and… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07) today announced the City of Boiling Spring Lakes has been awarded federal grant funding under the Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program (DCIP), included in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2021, to restore four dams damaged by Hurricane Florence in 2018.
"Four years ago, Hurricane Florence devastated… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Ranking Member David Rouzer (R-NC) from today’s hearing entitled, "The Clean Water Act at Fifty: Highlights and Lessons Learned from a Half Century of Transformative Legislation":
Thank you, Chair Napolitano. I appreciate your holding this hearing, and I would also like to thank… Read more »
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member David Rouzer (R-NC) have asked the Biden Administration for more transparency about the formation, intent, and execution of stakeholder roundtables on the Administration’s plans to create a new definition of “Waters… Read more »
– Today, Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07) announced introduction of H.R. 7364, the Stop Flood Insurance Rate Hikes Act in the House of Representatives. This legislation gives existing policyholders more options as FEMA announced implementation of its new National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) premium rate structure last… Read more »
