Plumbing Manufacturers International applauded the House Appropriations Committee for approving its fiscal year 2020 Department of the Interior-EPA spending bill, which includes PMI-supported report language calling for the preservation and funding of the EPA WaterSense program. The bill passed on a vote of 30-21.

PMI thanks the Interior-EPA Subcommittee members, led by chair Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) and ranking member Rep. David Joyce (R-Ohio) for taking a strong stance to promote the continued funding and operation of the WaterSense program. The report language aligns with requests PMI and its members and allies have made to lawmakers over the past several months and during PMI’s recent Washington, DC., Legislative Forum and Fly-In. These coalition partners have met with dozens of members of Congress, including members of the House Appropriations Committee, to underscore the benefits of the WaterSense program. PMI is supporting similar report language in the Senate.