Grace Napolitano: “The more the delay, the more impact it has on communities, whether it is job creation or infrastructure repair.”

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.

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

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…

I oppose the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Bean). The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from California is recognized for 5 minutes.