Grace Napolitano: “My legislation with Mr. Katko, H.R. 1139, the Transit Worker and Pedestrian Protection Act, requiring transit agencies…”

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.

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.

This amendment clarifies that nothing in this act affects the existing ban on oil and gas drilling in the Great Lakes. Legislation banning the issuing of new drilling permits in the Great Lakes was passed in 2005 with support from both…

I include in the Record a copy of the Statement of Administration Policy in opposition to H.R. 7023, which states that this legislation will ``weaken the Clean Water Act, remove protections for waterways that are vital to the well-being of…