Transportation
Napolitano is the most senior California member of the U.S. House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure where she currently serves as the top Democrat on the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, which oversees EPA’s Clean Water Act and US Army Corps of Engineers water programs.
On that panel, Napolitano works with the Corps, local flood control districts, and water agencies to capture more water in flood control reservoirs, which is a major issue at Santa Fe Dam in her district and the bordering Whittier Narrows Dam. In 2014 she was appointed as a conferee to finalize the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA), providing more equity to the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in dredging operations. She also secured important provisions for L.A. County to expand water supply, flood control, and recreation projects in the region. Napolitano supports both the Los Angeles River Revitalization Plan and improvements to the San Gabriel River with environmental restoration projects and recreational opportunities, such as bikeways, fishing, and swimming areas.
Napolitano also encourages the EPA and sanitation agencies to find ways to recycle water for irrigation use and groundwater replenishment. She closely monitors the implementation of a new Clean Water Act Stormwater Permit, ensuring affordability for L.A. County cities and residents.
In fall of 2015, Napolitano became the only California Democrat appointed to finalize the recently passed FAST Act (H.R. 22), a $305 billion 5-year transportation bill for the nation. Napolitano fought to secure more than $26 billion for California, $450 million of which going to the Los Angeles region for transit funding, benefiting Foothill Transit, LA Metro, and Metrolink. Funds will also relieve congestion, improve transit, and reduce the negative impacts her district takes on as a primary shipping corridor from the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.
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(Montebello, CA) Today, Rep. Grace F. Napolitano welcomed the reconstruction of the Paramount Boulevard bridge at a groundbreaking ceremony in Montebello.
“The Paramount Boulevard bridge is a critical artery for our commuters, businesses, and first responders,” Napolitano said. “I thank our elected officials for their cooperation in securing the necessary funds to rebuild this bridge.”
(Washington, D.C.) At a Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure markup meeting last night, Rep. Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) introduced an amendment to Congress’s multi-year surface transportation bill, H.R. 7, that would have struck sections of the bill that delay the implementation of collision-avoidance positive train control technology (PTC) on U.S. trains. The positive train control requirement was first mandated in the wake of the Metrolink accident in Chatsworth, California that killed 26 people in 2008. The amendment was ultimately rejected, and H.R.
(Washington, D.C.) Last night, Rep. Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) introduced an amendment to Congress’s multi-year surface transportation bill, H.R. 7, which would have allowed the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to receive a fairer share of funding from the National Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund. The amendment was ultimately not included in the bill, which passed out of committee early this morning.
(Washington, D.C.) Early this morning, during a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee markup, Rep. Grace F. Napolitano voted against the Republican version of Congress’s multi-year surface transportation funding bill, H.R. 7, because the bill was underfunded and contained dozens of controversial “poison pill” amendments.
(Washington, DC) Today, Rep. Grace F. Napolitano joined Rep. Joe Baca, State Senator Gloria Negrete McCleod, Assemblywoman Norma Torres, Pomona Mayor Elliott Rothman, members of the Pomona City Council and others in cutting the ribbon on the newly completed overpass which now takes Mission Boulevard over the SR 71 freeway.
Since 2005, Napolitano has helped secure $8.38 million in federal funds for the project.
(Washington D.C.)- On Wednesday, February 23, Rep. Grace F. Napolitano joined Senator Barbara Boxer, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Supervisor Don Knabe, and Reps. John Mica, Judy Chu, Jane Harman, Laura Richardson, Bill Shuster, Duncan Hunter, and Corrine Brown at a Los Angeles field hearing to call for renewed investment in transportation, including the Alameda Corridor East (ACE) project.
(Washington D.C.)- Today, Rep. Grace F. Napolitano announced her committee appointments for the 112th Congress.
(Washington D.C.)- Today, Rep. Grace F. Napolitano congratulated Foothill Transit on the $10 million in federal funding it received from the Department of Transportation for its new electric “Ecoliner” buses running from Pomona to La Verne.
(Washington D.C.)- Late last night, the U.S. House of Representatives passed their annual transportation funding bill, which contained funding for several local projects submitted by Rep. Grace F. Napolitano.