House Speaker Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster) had the opportunity to do a virtual visit to the Susquehanna River Basin Commission on August 21 to talk about river basin issues.
SRBC staff highlighted a few Commission activities: its partnership with the Lancaster County Planning Commission toward better understanding of water supply needs and sustainability, and the Commission’s efforts with the Chester Water Authority to work collaboratively on ways to mitigate water use that is currently being diverted from the Octoraro reservoir and Susquehanna River to the Delaware River Basin.
Speaker Cutler hails from the 100th Legislative District in Lancaster County, which stretches between the Susquehanna River and the Octoraro Creek, a region rich with issues related to water quality and quantity in the river basin.
With family roots at his present home dating to the 1800s, Cutler hunts and fishes and has been a long‐time supporter of organizations involved in creek restoration.
Speaker Cutler instills in his children many conservation principles. “We are borrowing our world from our children,” said Cutler, “and we need to be better stewards.”
When asked by Executive Director Andrew Dehoff what Speaker Cutler would like to see happen regarding an update to the State Water Plan or Chesapeake Bay restoration, the Speaker responded that his concerns include sediment behind the Conowingo Dam and the continued issue of legacy sediments in our local streams (the accumulation of sediment along stream corridors after centuries of intensive land use of upland areas).
Speaker Cutler, in turn, shared upcoming legislative challenges and his insights into budgetary shortfalls as a result of COVID‐19 economic impacts.
In June 2020, Rep. Cutler was elected by his colleagues to serve as the 139st Speaker of the House, having previously serving as the Majority Leader. At age 45, he is among the youngest to be elected House Speaker.
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