Grace Napolitano: “Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 181 and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 182. ____________________”

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…

In my view, we get lost on questions of who is best suited to protect our water resources, rather than talking about the importance of rivers, streams, lakes and wetlands for current and future needs.

I am pleased to join my great Ranking Member Larsen and thank the gentleman for the kind accolades; Chairman Graves; my friend, Chairman Rouzer; and members of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in bringing the conference…

I believe the question of who should ultimately be responsible for protecting rivers, streams, and wetlands has become hyper-politicized.