. >> thank you, chair richardson and members of the committee. with the update on the wastewater treatment plant, i just thought it might be good to give a brief update on some of the other major utility systems on the island and the improvements that are underway. so in addition to the wastewater treatment plant, there are upgrades underway on the electrical distribution system, on-island water storage, and on the natural gas distribution system, as well. tom talked about the wastewater treatment plant that'll be constructed out at the northeastern corner of the island. the electrical switch gear will be adjacent to that. also along the west -- or sorry, the eastern shoreline will be the new permanent gas regulator site, and then on yerba buena island, the new water storage reservoirs. so these are the wastewater treatment plant/electrical switch gear site as it looks like today. all of the structures that were there have been removed, and they're in the process of processing the demolition debris in the background. you can see the wastewater tr

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richardson: -- mr. richmond: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 41 printed in part b of house report 116-109 offered by mr. richmond of louisiana. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 431, the gentleman from louisiana, mr. richmond, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from louisiana. mr. richmond: thank you, madam chairwoman. first let me start off by introducing into the record a harvard public health journal which is titled america is failing its black mothers. with that i rise today with an amendment to increase funding for state maternal health innovation program by $7 million. this program is specifically tasked with reducing care gaps and reducing maternal mortality and the disparities in maternal health. the united states is the greatest country in the world. with the most innovative health care system around. and we continue to develop cutting edge treatments that stretch the bounds of what's possible. within the last two decades, we've mapped the human