Grace Napolitano: “we need to concentrate on the bigger picture, and that is the ability for us to be able to not necessarily compete, but…”

The Clean Water Act was specifically enacted as a Federal-State partnership. Today, EPA has approved 47 States to implement the point source discharge program under section 402 of the Clean Water Act. Their status as coregulators makes…

I believe that every-State-go-it-alone approach is inconsistent with congressional intent on the Clean Water Act.

I remain committed to protecting clean water for more people, not less.

I thank our remarkable team at legislative counsel for putting all of these provisions into legislative text. I am fortunate to have some of the best water leaders in the country in my district and southern California who provided valuable…