Grace Napolitano

A durable and pragmatic WOTUS rule with clear definitions, that are easily understandable and applicable across the country, ensures the public has access to clean water.

The Biden rule recodifies the Reagan-era framework and the use of both jurisdictional tests, but also includes significant improvements and exemptions requested by stakeholders to address legitimate concerns over uncertainty and to ease…

Manufacturers prioritize environmental stewardship and protecting our national waterways, but the EPA's current WOTUS rule leaves stakeholders confused.

Thank you for holding this hearing and prioritizing discussion of our country's water.

As shown above, you can tell where all the drought is where the ephemeral and intermittent streams meet which are affected most.

However, we believe that this cost should be borne by those seeking to pollute our waterways or fill our wetlands for their own personal gain.

We must protect and strengthen the Clean Water Act to preserve the health of our economy as well as our communities, our environment, and our water-dependent futures.

Clean water was not always a partisan issue.

I applaud the Biden administration for overturning the Trump 'dirty water rule' and reinstating decades-old and well-understood protections of our Nation's rivers, streams, and wetlands.

Thank you for considering our views.

The Dirty Water Rule removed protections of the streams and wetlands that are a source of the drinking water to over 117 million Americans.

Our members have supported the revised 'Waters of the United States' definition because it meets the purpose of the Clean Water Act.

The rule seeks to balance the need to protect waters and wetlands consistent with the goals of the Clean Water Act, while trying to comply with the law, the science, and various opinions of the Supreme Court.

Unfortunately, the recently introduced Congressional Review Act resolution to block the proposal is likely to create more uncertainty.

The Honorable Grace F. Napolitano, Ranking Member, Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of Representatives.

I am excited to continue working with you to provide flood control, water quality protection, environmental restoration, and navigation for all our local communities across the country.

On behalf of the American Fisheries Society (AFS), thank you for the opportunity provide testimony on the impacts of the Biden Administration's Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule.

The Trump Dirty Water Rule eliminated federal protections on a minimum of 75 percent of streams and wetlands.

I ask unanimous consent to insert in the record public comments by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and public comments from different attorneys general, especially the California attorney general and various other…

I am pleased to join Chairman DeFazio, Ranking Member Graves, and Ranking Member Rouzer in bringing to the floor the bipartisan and bicameral Water Resources Development Act of 2022. =========================== NOTE…

What can we do to improve the implementation of the safety projects?

What practices have been implemented to protect the workers' rights since these orders?

the previous administration ignored the bipartisan traditions of Presidents dating back to President Ronald Reagan in seeking to roll back Clean Water Act protections.

leadership matters. The successes we have fought for over the past 50 years need to be constantly protected and extended.

Much of California residents and farms receive water that starts as ephemeral or intermittent streams.