Grace Napolitano

Thank you for having me, Mr. Chairman, and thank the ranking member.

I have the greatest respect for flight attendants, the primary connection with customers.

I thank you for convening the 'Water Resources Development Acts: Status of Implementation And Assessing Future Needs' hearing.

Thank you for your commitment. And you heard it.

The Army Corps of Engineers is--simply put--the nation's premier water resources expert for our Nation.

the intent of that study was to start getting our arms around the magnitude of the flooding problem that we face with the future conditions that we are going to be dealing with.

This is an important program for the nation--but also to my district.

As your subcommittee and the full committee continues work to reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA)...

I was absent during rollcall vote No. 418 due to a meeting I was having as Chairwoman of the Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee with the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works R.D. James. Had I been present, I would have…

In closing, I must say it is an honor to come before the Committee and provide written testimony to discuss these important issues.

I appreciate the efforts of my colleagues to prioritize and fund these programs.

Congressman Heck has legislation to authorize a program for Puget Sound.

Despite significant investment of state, regional and even private funds, fully restoring the tidal wetlands of the San Francisco Bay cannot be accomplished without additional federal funding.

I thank Chairman Price for yielding and discussing this issue with me regarding the FAA's recent threat to withhold over $250 million annually in FAA grants to California's airports and divert over $70 million in voter approved local…

Can you describe, in more detail, what actions have been taken, and the agreements reached between regulators and farmers to achieve this significant reduction?

Congresswoman Luria has legislation to reauthorize and increase funding for the Chesapeake Bay Program.

This is just one component of our region's ongoing Great Lakes restoration needs, with continued support also needed to prevent nutrient pollution that causes harmful algal bloom and halt the threatened invasion of Asian carp into Great…

Thank you for holding this important and timely hearing.

The Trump administration has proposed drastically cutting funding for the Geographic Programs and the NEP.

Congresswoman Speier has legislation to address pollution issues in the San Francisco Bay.

Congress needs to step up and provide funding and the appropriate authorities to EPA to restore these watersheds.

I urge you to continue to support the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.

The construction of the President's wall is the wrong way to address our Nation's immigration challenges. This amendment would allow the President to abandon families in California, Texas, Puerto Rico, Florida, the Midwest, and elsewhere…

It is unthinkable that companies continue to get away with a scheme to underpay truck drivers, who are hardworking people.

How can the Administration justify?