Grace Napolitano: “I agree with you. We should not be competing with China, because we will have to lower our standards, and I don't want…”

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…

I urge my colleagues on both sides to vote ``no'' on this bill, and I reserve the balance of my time.

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

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.