Grace Napolitano

I do not want to repeat all the accolades that have been showered upon a former Member of Congress who I had the opportunity to meet but unfortunately never was able to work alongside of him. You have heard how he was a trailblazer and how…

on rollcall No. 256, had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.'' Amendment No. 21 Offered by Mr. Hostettler The CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Indiana…

the Lincoln National Forest land exchanges takes approximately 80 acres of forest land in the Lincoln National Forest and exchanges that for private land currently owned by Lubbock Christian University. I would hope that this is in…

as a general rule, when Congress transfers Federal lands into other hands, the United States taxpayers should be compensated for the fair market value of the lands being transferred. In this instance, however, the locations of these…

I rise in support of H.R. 135. This legislation, as explained by my colleague, would establish the 21st Century Water Policy Commission to study Federal, State, local and private water management programs in order to develop…

I have met the gentleman. I have heard of his accomplishments. I have been able to work with his staff. And I can tell you that he really, truly is a dedicated public servant. I am very happy to lend my support, and I trust that my…

Mr. Speaker, we have been going through trying to get reauthorization for CALFED for a number of years and have been unable to because of the differences of opinions from many areas of needs. I think it is time that we move forward and…

The State of California needs a more reliable water supply; we can all agree on that. We now face, like many other States, severe restrictions specifically on the use of the Colorado River, and we must reduce our water use to meet the…

We talk about funding small business and the engine of our economy, which is the small business, and yet we do not put money behind it to make it work. We talk like we want to help small business; yet we put billions, billions with a…

I rise to honor, recognize, and celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and thank my friend for making us aware that all of us are immigrants to the United States and that we need to work together to be able to forge a better…

I rise in support of H.R. 1732. This bill provides the Secretary of the Interior with authority to help finance a water recycling project to serve residents of Williamson County, Texas. As my colleagues know, these water recycling projects…

H.R. 1648 simply authorizes the transfer of certain features of the Bureau of Reclamation's Cachuma Project near Santa Barbara, California, to the local water districts. Allowing the local districts to take over parts of the project will…

Water reuse, water recycling has been a very, very critical project and favorite subject of mine. Having been born and raised in Brownsville, Texas, I understand a lot of the Texas issues with the drought along the border that is creating…

H.R. 3209 would make a minor change by requiring the North Loup Division of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program to deliver water to ``approximately'' 53,000 acres. Existing law, as was explained by my colleague, requires the project to…

S. 1066 is a noncontroversial piece of legislation that is identical to companion legislation, H.R. 154, passed and reported by the Committee on Resources earlier this year as was just addressed by my colleague. By all evidence this…

any potential changes to the Vietnam Memorial or any of these magnificent memorials on our National Mall must be considered very carefully. The Wall is an incredibly powerful tool for reconciliation and healing as we have heard, and, as I…

H.R. 1521, sponsored by our colleague, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Murtha), would expand the boundaries of the Johnstown Flood National Memorial. There are several private property owners interested in selling their land for…

I rise in support of H.R. 1598. Communities throughout the Nation are finding technologically advanced and innovative ways to solve their water supply and water quality problems. H.R. 1598 is an excellent example of how we can help those…

I think this is an unfinished Republican Medicare bill because it does not provide the simple, adequate prescription drug coverage for all our mothers, our sisters, and our grandmothers.

Mr. Speaker, I think he has made some very valid points, and I want to elaborate a little more on that, in that more than one third of our veterans need psychiatric care, most, as the gentleman has stressed, for the PTSD, posttraumatic…

Mr. Speaker, this week is National Suicide Awareness Week, and we want to highlight that fact. Approximately 30,000 people, 30,000 people, commit suicide in the United States every year, making suicide the 11th leading cause of death…

I am sorry to report, Mr. Speaker, that the Bush budget sacrifices the health of our Nation to provide tax cuts for the wealthiest 1 percent. The budget also fails to adequately address the problem of 41 million who go without health…

we have long talked, over the years that I have been serving in Congress, about prescription drug plans and how we can effectively deal with the countless seniors who have not been covered over the years and who continue to call our…

I come to this floor today to honor and pay tribute to all fellow Hispanic Americans and to highlight some of their excellent contributions made to us here in the United States. Hispanic Americans have helped shape all aspects of the…

Mr. Speaker, there are no words to describe the unbelievable horror and the traumatic shock that all Americans feel in the aftermath of yesterday's cowardly attack upon our great nation. These murderers, terrorists, and their sponsors…