Grace Napolitano: “Both pieces of legislation can focus on the need to maximize our water and power resources.”

Clean water was not always a partisan issue, and no issue has more support among American families than the protection of our nation's waters.

I urge my colleagues on both sides to vote ``no'' on this bill, and I reserve the balance of my time.

There must be continuous funding to grow, construct, maintain, and operate these facilities.

It is imperative we work to address the climate change to protect our water supplies and increase the presence of regional, large-scale water projects for the benefit of the future U.S. climate change.