the savannah river site is also known as s.r.s. the department of energy site conducting important work to defend our national security in georgia's 12th district is home to approximately 30% of the workforce. on the construction of the savannah river site is the plutonium processing facility. required by law this is part of a two site strategy with los alamos national laboratory anti-savannah river site tasked with producing plutonium pits to help improve resiliency and mitigate risk in the united states pit production. let me say that again. to mitigate risk in the united states pit production. this shortsighted amendment would critically threaten this urgent national security mission. the savannah river site is committed to nuclear modernization to ensure america's nuclear deter rent is safe and reliable. to say otherwise is simply not true. i urge a no vote on this amendment. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. fleischmann: thank you, mr. chairman. at this time i y

and from the savannah river, be able to go towards freedom.oded for freedom. when you're singing, wade in the water, we're not just talking about baptism, or just wade in the water, you're saying, when you are escaping, wade in the water so the dogs can't follow your trail. as a matter of fact, there are so many symbols in this building, i mean, the ceiling itself has a nine patch, which is a symbol of safety. on the side of the pews in the windows, west african symbols. phillip calvert: west african symbols. right. so whenever i'm in the south and i see these nine patches, wherever i see those four symbols, underground railroad. choir: (singing) i saw troubled water. hey, hey, hey. and at the close of the civil war, general sherman and the union army met with 20 ministers of savannah to discuss the protection and reparations for the thousands of newly freed slaves. that's when right here in savannah the declaration of 40 acres and a mule. wow. and then abraham lincoln was assassinated. president johnson came in and kicked all that stuff out.

i appreciate that this legislation that at the savannah river site. as the only member of congress who has worked at the savannah river site, i know firsthand. in south carolina, nuclear energy has provided 70% of the energy matrix. mr. speaker, i urge passage of the bill, and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from tennessee? mr. fleischmann: i reserve. ms. kaptur: i yield six minutes to the ranking member of the full committee, our appropriations, ms. delauro. the chair: the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: last year the energy and water development appropriations bill lowered energy costs for families, created good paying jobs by growing and supporting a robust sector and promoted energy independence and string thend national security and ensured that american energy outcompeted china. sadly that isn't what this bill does. it cuts energy investments by a staggering 25.4% or $6.4 billion than last year. the consequences of increasing energy costs for american families at a t

river. but the problem is that they didn't listen. the family. hmm. and not that it would have saved savannah, but it would have saved a lot of agony. mm hmm. so, yeah. can you talk a little about how the reporting process went for although i know a lot of the reporting happening during the covid pandemic, which was challenging, but just the process of getting to know this community, that, you know, you don't live in, you know, to no family and getting to know savannah even though she's no longer alive. how do you begin that process what was that like for you can you just tell us a little bit about that? sure. well, i started by contacting native american advocates, sort of talk to them about the bigger issue and introduce myself and, you know, there was one particular nonprofit organization that have been doing this work out of montana for many, many years. and so i, i introduced myself to them and we just stayed in touch. and i, you know, asked them a lot of questions and and then i once trial was, was. for one of savannah's. he wasn't he convicted of killing her, but he was convicted of some other things once that that started, i