Grace Napolitano: “VIDA exempts State authorities to protect State waters from harmful invasive species and water pollution discharge…”

We should recognize the familiarity and workability of the historic Clean Water Act and get on with the preservation of the health of our economy as well as that of our communities.

I believe this bill will restore the minimum levels of protections struck down by the conservative Supreme Court.

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 believe the Supreme Court purposefully chose to substitute its own philosophy over decades-old, legally grounded efforts to protect water quality.