Grace Napolitano: “The water challenges--one of your 7 initiatives for 2013--how were those proposed reductions in spending for basic…”

To me, the answer is clear. We should recognize the familiarity and workability of the historic Clean Water Act.

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.

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.

House Democrats support including local input in the development of large-scale infrastructure projects directly affecting local communities. During committee consideration of this bill, we opposed attempts to curtail local input. This…