One of my top priorities in Congress is ensuring access to clean water for every family in West Michigan and across the country, and I look forward to working across the aisle to get this important bill passed into law.
I will ensure access to clean water for every family in West Michigan and across the country.
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Scholten announced $11,026,695 to restore and revitalize a stretch of the Lower Grand River; the funding will improve public safety, restore aquatic habitats, and enhance river access and use.
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She serves on the Water Resources and Environment subcommittee, as Vice Ranking Member, and on the Great Lakes Task Force and PFAS Task Force.
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Scholten announced $11,026,695 through USDA for Lower Grand River restoration in Grand Rapids, including aquatic habitat restoration and improved river access.
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The page lists Scholten on the Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee, as Vice Ranking Member, and on the Great Lakes and PFAS task forces.
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Scholten said WRDA24 would direct 13 percent of Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund allocations to Great Lakes harbors and include $50 million for West Michigan community projects.
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Congress.gov lists H.R.8812 as Passed House, with latest action received in the Senate, and summarizes water resources, water supply, wastewater, and aquatic ecosystem provisions.
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The Clerk recorded Roll Call 358 on H.R. 8812 as passed, 359-13; Scholten, Democratic, Michigan, voted Yea.
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EPA issued the first national legally enforceable PFAS drinking-water standard, estimated to reduce exposure for about 100 million people; systems have future monitoring and compliance deadlines.
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EPA states the final rule requires drinking-water systems nationwide to identify and replace lead pipes within 10 years, with stronger testing and lower action thresholds.
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Scholten said she secured key policy victories and $115 million in authorized West Michigan investments in the WRDA 2026 markup, including water and wastewater infrastructure, stormwater management, surface water resource protection, data-center water-resource language, and contaminated-material dredging reforms. The bill still needed a full House vote.
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GovInfo lists H.R. 9483, the Clean Ports for Commerce Act, as introduced by Ms. Scholten and referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. The bill would require the Corps of Engineers to conduct advanced planning for dredging activities in areas with known PFAS contamination.
Assessments
Scholten materially advanced clean-water-related work during her House term through announced federal funding for Lower Grand River restoration, WRDA-related West Michigan water infrastructure authorizations, a PFAS dredging bill, and votes/support for water resources legislation. Federal EPA lead and PFAS drinking-water rules also show national progress during her service. However, the promise was broad and outcome-based: ensuring clean water access for every family in West Michigan and across the country. The evidence shows funding, authorization-stage legislation, regulatory progress with future compliance deadlines, and policy effort, but not universal clean-water access delivered.
The promise was broad and outcome-based: ensuring clean water access for every family in West Michigan and nationwide. The available evidence shows meaningful same-term action on water issues, including more than $11 million for Lower Grand River restoration and sustained involvement on water, Great Lakes, and PFAS committees and task forces. That supports real progress and candidate effort, but it falls well short of proving that clean water access was ensured for every family in West Michigan, much less across the country. The record supports partial delivery, not full fulfillment.