Blog: Clean Water Act bill is big step forward, needs to eliminate loophole to truly restore protections
This week, several lawmakers in the House of Representatives lead by Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) and Representative Grace Napolitano (CA-31) introduced the Clean Water Act of 2023. This proposed legislation sends an important signal that over 100 Democratic members of Congress recognize the grave problems the Supreme Court created with its ruling in Sackett v. EPA, and are urgently working towards a solution. This bill is an important first step towards undoing the chaos and environmental destruction unleashed upon our waters and communities, when the right-wing Supreme Court radically narrowed the scope of the Clean Water Act, gutting protections for well over half of the country’s wetlands and likely a significant number of rivers and streams.