A House Natural Resources Committee markup ostensibly focused on Western water supplies and wildfire prevention was instead dominated by Democratic gripes about President Donald Trump and his “government efficiency” adviser Elon Musk.
Indeed, the top Democrat on the committee at one point complained that the session was mere “housekeeping” while “lawlessness” reigned in the executive branch.
Such rhetoric stood in contrast to the substantive action in the committee, where all of the bills, save one, passed unanimously.
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The agenda has several proposals for addressing Western water conservation and infrastructure, as well as H.R. 249, a measure to honor the late New Jersey Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell.
