Rep. Pallone Issues Statement at Oversight Hearing on Potomac Interceptor Collapse
May 21, 2026
May 21, 2026
WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following opening remarks on May 20, 2026, at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing entitled "Corrosion, Collapse, and Clean-Up: Examining the Potomac Interceptor Collapse":
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The January collapse of a segment of the Potomac Interceptor led to hundreds of millions of gallons of wastewater flowing into the Potomac . . .
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The January collapse of a segment of the Potomac Interceptor led to hundreds of millions of gallons of wastewater flowing into the Potomac . . .