{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-stansbury-introduces-clean-water-act-2023-house-colleagues", "Rep. Stansbury Introduces the Clean Water Act of 2023 with House Colleagues", "2023-10-19", "2023", "2023-10", "Democrat", "House", "NM", "Melanie A. Stansbury", "S001218", "stansbury.house.gov", "stansbury", "https://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) joins Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Rick Larsen (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) and 114 House Democrats to introduce the Clean Water Act of 2023. The legislation undoes the damage from the Supreme Court\u2019s Sackett decision by reinstating the historic and bipartisan, federal-state partnership that has protected our rivers, streams, and wetlands for over 50 years; by establishing a clear, level playing field for businesses and industries to thrive while protecting critical natural resources; and ensuring clean water for families and communities.\n\n\u201cNew Mexicans know that water is life and that we must protect our clean water,\u201d said Representative Stansbury. \u201cNow, with the recent Sackett Supreme Court decision that undermines our access to clean water, it\u2019s more important than ever that we protect our waterways. That\u2019s why I am proud to be a co-lead of the Clean Water Act to restore critical federal protections. I\u2019m grateful to partner with Ranking Member Larsen, Congressman Beyer, and Congresswoman Napolitano to deliver clean water for all.\u201d\n\n\u201cClean water means the difference between healthy communities and sick ones, thriving businesses and stunted ones, preserved natural environments and polluted ones,\u201d Ranking Member Larsen said. \u201cThe Clean Water Act of 2023 restores historic, bipartisan protections to the estimated 50% of wetlands and 70% of streams lost through the misguided Sackett decision. I commend Ranking Member Napolitano, Rep. Beyer, and Rep. Stansbury for their leadership as well as the more than one hundred House Democrats who cosponsored this critical legislation, which balances essential protections of the health of our environment and our local economies.\u201d\n\n\u201cClean water is not and should not be a partisan issue. Families depend on clean water to drink, farms depend on clean water to grow their crops, and businesses depend on clean water for a healthy economy,\u201d said Ranking Member Napolitano. \u201cThe Clean Water Act of 2023 will restore the strong federal protections struck down by the conservative Supreme Court and put back into place the successful protections which cleaned up our rivers over the last five decades. I thank Ranking Member Larsen, Congressman Beyer, and Congresswoman Stansbury for their leadership and joining me in introducing this vital legislation to protect clean water for all.\u201d\n\n\u201cEveryone needs clean water, and the Clean Water Act has been a historic success safeguarding Americans\u2019 water quality for over 50 years,\u201d said Representative Beyer. \u201cUnfortunately, the right wing of the Supreme Court recently sided with polluters to weaken essential protections for our streams, rivers, lakes, and wetlands. This legislation would help restore the full strength of the Clean Water Act and defend one of our most precious natural resources for generations to come.\u201d\n\nBackground:\n\nIn May 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) issued its Sackett v. EPA decision, which significantly narrowed the historic, bipartisan scope of the Clean Water Act (CWA). SCOTUS judicially rewrote the tests for determining what rivers, streams and wetlands retain a minimum standard of federal protection and created new criteria\u2014with no precedent in statute or in the decades-long, bipartisan agency interpretation of the Clean Water Act.\n\nIn July 2023, Ranking Members Larsen and Napolitano joined Democratic colleagues and clean water advocates for a roundtable on: \u201cMurky Waters: Navigating a Post-Sackett World.\u201d During the roundtable, members and experts discussed the potential impacts on water quality, human and environmental health, and local economies as a result of the Sackett decision. The roundtable culminated in the report titled \u201cLessons from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Democratic Roundtable \u2013 Murky Waters: Navigating a Post-Sackett World.\u201d The report outlines the real world impacts of the Sackettdecision and identifies critical waterbodies that are now at risk of degradation or destruction. The report also discusses how 50 years of federal clean water investment and progress in reviving local waterbodies could be squandered, even if proactive measures are taken at a state or local level. Lessons learned from the roundtable, along with input from communities and stakeholders, contributed to the Clean Water Act of 2023. To read the report, click here.\n\nCo-sponsors:\n\nReps. Larsen, Napolitano, Beyer, Stansbury, Aguilar, Allred, Auchincloss, Balint, Barragan, Beatty, Blumenauer, Bonamici, Bowman, Brownley, Carbajal, Cardenas, Carson, Carter, Casar, Case, Castor, Castro, Cleaver, Cohen, Connolly, Crockett, Crow, Davis (Danny), DeGette, DeSaulnier, Dingell, Escobar, Espaillat, Evans, Foushee, Frankel, Garcia (Chuy), Garcia (Robert), Garcia (Sylvia), Goldman, Gomez, Gottheimer, Grijalva, Hoyle, Huffman, Jackson Lee, Jacobs, Jayapal, Johnson, Kamlager-Dove, Kaptur, Khanna, Kilmer, Kim, Krishnamoorthi, Lee (Barbara), Levin, Lieu, Lynch, Magaziner, Matsui, McClellan, McCollum, McGarvey, McGovern, Menendez, Meng, Mfume, Moore, Morelle, Moulton, Mullin, Nadler, Neguse, Norcross, Norton, Ocasio-Cortez, Pallone, Pascrell, Payne Jr., Peters, Pingree, Porter, Pressley, Ramirez, Raskin, Ruppersberger, Salinas, Sanchez, Sarbanes, Scanlon, Schakowsky, Schiff, Schneider, Scholten, Scott (Bobby), Sewell, Smith, Stevens, Strickland, Takano, Thanedar, Thompson (Bennie), Titus, Tokuda, Tonko, Torres, Trahan, Trone, Vargas, Vasquez, Velazquez, Wasserman Schultz, Waters, Watson Coleman, Wexton, Williams, Wilson\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:49:26Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-stansbury-introduces-clean-water-act-2023-house-colleagues"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.726916991174221, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}