Grace Napolitano: “I include in the Record letters in opposition to H.R. 7023, including a letter from 49 organizations expressing concern…”

“I include in the Record letters in opposition to H.R. 7023, including a letter from 49 organizations expressing concern that legislation containing several misguided attacks on clean water in the Clean Water Act puts polluter profits ahead of public health and would jeopardize the water that our families, communities, businesses, and wildlife depend on. March 18, 2024. Re Oppose H.R. 7023, an attack on our clean water protections. Dear Representative: On behalf of our members and supporters, the undersigned organizations urge you to oppose H.R. 7023, the misleadingly named ``Creating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting Act.'' This bill contains several misguided attacks on clean water and the Clean Water Act, puts polluter profits ahead of public health, and would jeopardize the waters that our families, communities, and wildlife depend on. Numerous provisions of H.R. 7023 shield industrial dischargers that would pollute or destroy our streams, lakes, wetlands, and other waters from responsibility, thereby imposing on downstream communities the burden of increased pollution and flooding, to say nothing of the costs of remedying those threats. In particular: Section 2 would give polluters new ways to slow down the Environmental Protection Agency's process for updating water quality criteria.…”