Press Releases
(Washington, DC) Today, Rep. Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) voted in favor of H.R. 2693, a bill that mirrors the legislation that Democrats in the Senate have proposed to raise the debt ceiling and avoid a national default. The vote was largely symbolic, using an artificial set of rules set up by Republican leadership that guaranteed it would fail.
(Washington, DC) Today, Rep. Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) called for a renewed defense of Medicare on the 46th anniversary of the historic program being signed into law.
(Washington, DC) Today, Rep. Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) voted against S. 627, the Republican default bill presented by House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), which contains $905 billion in cuts without any increases in revenues and mandates another $1.6 trillion in cuts, a constitutional amendment vote and another debt stand-off within the next few months.
(Washington, DC) Today, Rep. Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) introduced H.R. 2664, the Reauthorization of Water Desalination Act of 2011, which would fund federal research and development projects into desalination, the conversion of seawater into freshwater.
(Washington, DC) Today, Rep. Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) opposed H.R. 2018, the Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act, which would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing critical water standards and protecting the general public.
(Washington, DC) Today, Rep. Grace F. Napolitano was honored with a “Friends of the National Parks” award by the National Parks Conservation Association for supporting the National Park System and protecting the parks from harm.
Tom Kiernan, president of the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), presented Napolitano with the award at a Capitol Hill ceremony.
(Washington, DC) Today, Rep. Grace F. Napolitano welcomed news that the Obama administration had reversed a decades-old policy and will now send letters of condolence to the families of soldiers who die by suicide.
(Washington, DC) Today, Rep. Grace F. Napolitano sent a formal letter to the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) requesting an evaluation of H.R. 1837 The San Joaquin Water Reliability Act’s potential economic impact on California’s salmon fishing industry.