Grace Napolitano: “Government does move very slowly in being able to move forward, and we want to be sure that we have those new concepts…”

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 claim the time in opposition, though I am not opposed. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentlewoman from California is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

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…

Thank you, Mr. Chair.