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(WASHINGTON, DC) Today, Rep. Grace F. Napolitano (CA-32) called for the removal of President Donald J. Trump:
(WASHINGTON, DC) Today, Rep. Grace F. Napolitano (D-El Monte), coauthor of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2020—which was included in the FY2021 Omnibus Appropriations bill—hailed final passage of the critical water infrastructure and jobs bill for Southern California and the nation.
(WASHINGTON, DC) Today, Rep. Grace F. Napolitano (D-El Monte) voted for the Coronavirus Relief and FY2021 Omnibus Appropriations Bill Agreement to deliver critical lifelines and federal funding to struggling families and businesses amid the raging pandemic.
(WASHINGTON, DC) Today, Congresswomen Grace F. Napolitano (D-El Monte), Linda T. Sánchez (D-Whittier), and Judy Chu (D-Monterey Park) announced they had secured $192.5 million for the Whittier Narrows Dam Safety Project in the FY2021 Omnibus Appropriations bill.
(WASHINGTON, DC) Today, Rep. Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-32) announced she had been selected by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to receive the Gold Order of the de Fleury Medal for her significant contributions to Army Engineering.
(WASHINGTON, DC) Today, Rep. Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-32) and mayors of cities in her district praised unanimous House passage of the Route 66 Centennial Commission Act (H.R. 66/S. 1014), sending the legislation coauthored by Napolitano, Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL-13) to the President’s desk.
(WASHINGTON, DC) Today, Rep. Grace F. Napolitano (D-El Monte), coauthor of S. 1811, the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2020, applauded unanimous House passage of the critical water infrastructure and jobs bill for Southern California and the nation.
(WASHINGTON, DC) The U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee released a new report this week on how America's failure to contain the coronavirus is taking a toll on Americans’ mental health.
(WASHINGTON, DC) Today, H.R. 1109, the Mental Health Services for Students Act, authored by Rep. Grace F. Napolitano (D-El Monte), unanimously passed the U.S. House of Representatives by voice vote.
(WASHINGTON, DC) Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed H.R. 3465, the Fallen Journalists Memorial Act, a bill coauthored by Reps. Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-32) and Tom Cole (R-OK-04).
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Rep. Grace Napolitano
Currently representing California’s 32nd Congressional District, encompassing Latino majority communities in Los Angeles County, Rep. Grace Napolitano’s Congressional career has spanned two decades.
“Studies have shown that forcing a person in crisis to take even a few minutes to rethink a potentially fatal decision often results in that person never attempting suicide again,” said Rep. Grace Napolitano. “These barriers serve as a critical deterrent and will surely save more lives.”
Critics of the reversal on Thursday warned that it will jeopardize citizens’ health and generate environmental cleanup costs paid for by taxpayers. Rep.
Congresswoman Grace Napolitano, the chair of the subcommittee that directly oversees T.V.A, also continued to accept money from Jacobs Engineering following the November 2018 verdict. “I had no knowledge of Jacobs’s involvement in the cleanup of the spill,” she said in an email. “I have never spoken to Jacobs about this situation.
Assaults on transit workers, like the one on a Brockton Area Transit bus driver Monday night, are becoming commonplace, the head of a union representing transit workers said.
“They never lost hope or gave up,” she said. “It is a true testament to the life and sacrifice of this serviceman, who was decorated with the National Defense Medal, Vietnam Service Medal and the Vietnam Campaign Medal, that his loved ones remained so dedicated to ensuring he was not forgotten.
"When I first came to Congress you could throw a ball down the halls of Congress and not hit a Latino or a Latina," said Rep. Grace Napolitano (D-Calif.), who's represented her district since 1999.
VCP was set up in 2008 and 2009 by legendary archaeologist and forensics specialist Dr. Michael "Sonny" Trimble, who headed the Mass Graves Inspection Team in Iraq that led to the convictions of former members of dictator Saddam Hussein's regime for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The VCP's work was extended in 2016 under H.R. 3117, sponsored by Rep.
“Members of the subcommittee in attendance, co-chaired by Grace F. Napolitano, representative of California’s 32nd district, invited these witnesses and introduced them. The Congressmen explored the dangers of a federal government “slow to prioritize” water quality funding and asked the witnesses several questions.”
“Staying on the two-year schedule for enacting the next new WRDA is critical,” said Rep. Grace Napolitano (D-Calif.), chairwoman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resource and Environment, as she convened a hearing on past and future WRDA bills.