Grace Napolitano: “I am very concerned that, after many months of bipartisan work on this bill, we are bringing it to the floor today under…”

“I am very concerned that, after many months of bipartisan work on this bill, we are bringing it to the floor today under a partisan procedure where it stripped out in rules a very important section. Also, it does not address the ongoing crisis in Flint. We have 100,000 people in Flint living without clean drinking water. One million people in California live without clean drinking water. We should be doing much more to address the drinking water crisis in this country--we should not have problems with it--and investing in our outdated infrastructure. I am glad that the Senate does include provisions to address this crisis. I had hoped that the House would do so as well. I do appreciate the work that has been done to add many important provisions to the bill. First, this bill includes 31 Army Corps of Engineers' feasibility studies for projects to study water resource projects across the country for a diverse array of purposes, including flood damage reduction, ecosystem restoration, hurricane and storm damage reduction, and navigation. This is really important, especially in drought-prone areas like California. Second, H.R. 5303 authorizes 29 Chief's Reports currently pending before Congress.…”