Grace Napolitano

I do believe safe routes to school and the first- and last-mile transit connection projects are so important to local communities.

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law takes climate crisis seriously, providing $7.5 billion to address a large source of carbon pollution in the U.S.: our railroads, roadways.

I am concerned about the company's application to be exempt from the requirements of placing traditional warning devices around the truck.

the current Republican leadership of the House is moving this country in a contrary direction of the will of the American people.

And so, the brunt of this lack of clean water infrastructure has been borne by people in my district, in my community, my neighbors, myself, honestly.

I am further dismayed by the focus on putting polluters over our people and eliminating Clean Water Act protections on over half of the Nation's wetlands and up to 70 percent of the Nation's streams, rivers, and lakes.

Since 2007, Grace has been a trailblazing member of this committee, fighting to make our waters cleaner and our transportation systems safer and greener.

These investments are critical, providing a lifeline to communities across the country struggling to maintain water quality.

This misguided decision has the potential to squander 50 years of bipartisan efforts to restore and maintain our Nation's rivers, lakes, streams, and wetlands, yet the exact scope of the damage is not yet known.

the projected 40 percent cut to the budget of EPA--an agency founded on the principal of safeguarding the health of our citizens and our natural environment.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for holding today's hearing on President Biden's fiscal year 2024 budget and priorities for the remaining agencies and within the jurisdiction of this subcommittee.

Are you aware of any jurisdictional concerns or other reasons for not including the USIWBC as a potential recipient of federal infrastructure investment funding in that law?

In the BIL, on a bipartisan basis, Congress affirmed its commitment to water infrastructure with a significant investment, $12.7 billion in Federal money, for upgrading wastewater systems, preventing pollution, and supporting restoration…

I am most concerned the Sackett decision has transferred significant costs from polluters to States, localities, and everyday American families.

I remain concerned that the current Republican leadership of the House is moving this country in a direction contrary to the will of the American people.

Thank you, Chair Rouzer and Ranking Member Napolitano, for holding the second hearing on the administration's fiscal year 2024 budget request for agencies within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee.

Maintaining robust federal funding for EPA, and defending against potential cuts in the FY2024 appropriations process, will continue to be a top priority for House Democrats.

the Biden administration's proposal lays out a bold vision to grow the economy from the bottom up, to invest in cleaner, greener, and more accessible infrastructure, to create jobs and opportunities for all people, and to restore and…

In the event that my friends on the other side of the aisle decide to move forward with cuts to funding levels, what is the EPA's plan to protect the drinking water families use from PFAS pollution?

I just want to say thank you and applaud my colleagues who supported it in the last Congress and voted for its passage.

This has been a good pleasure. He truly is a good person to work with.

the projected 40-percent cut to the EPA budget, an agency founded on the principle of safeguarding the health of our citizens and our natural environment.

Will you commit to helping us define how the Court's conservative majority has radically undermined historic clean water protections so we can quickly develop ways to prevent harm to our health and the health of our rivers, streams, and…

These budget hearings offer important opportunities to discuss how the administration's priorities for Federal agencies we oversee line up with congressional priorities and expectations.

If Congress cuts EPA's budget, the Agency would have to make difficult tradeoffs that could impact the health and safety of all our communities.