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{{Short description|American politician (born 1936)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Grace Napolitano
| image               = Rep-Napolitano.jpg
| caption             = Official portrait, 2011
| state               = [[California]]
| term_start          = January 3, 1999
| term_end            = January 3, 2025
| predecessor         = [[Esteban Edward Torres]]
| successor           = [[Gil Cisneros]]
| constituency        = {{ushr|CA|34|C}} (1999–2003)<br>{{ushr|CA|38|C}} (2003–2013)<br>{{ushr|CA|32|C}} (2013–2023)<br>{{ushr|CA|31|C}} (2023–2025)
| state_assembly1     = California
| district1           = [[California's 58th State Assembly district|58th]]
| term_start1         = December 7, 1992
| term_end1           = November 30, 1998
| preceded1           = [[Tom Mays]]
| succeeded1          = [[Tom Calderon]]
| birth_name          = Graciela Flores
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1936|12|4}}
| birth_place         = [[Brownsville, Texas]], U.S.
| death_date          = 
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| party               = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| spouse              = {{ubl |{{marriage|Fred Musquiz|1954|1980|end=died}} |{{marriage|Frank Napolitano|1982|December 15, 2017|end=died}}}}
| children            = 5
| education           = [[Cerritos College]]<br>[[Texas Southmost College]]
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'''Graciela''' "'''Grace'''" '''Napolitano''' ({{IPAc-en|n|ə|ˌ|p|ɒ|l|ᵻ|ˈ|t|ɑː|n|oʊ}} {{respell|nə|POL|ih|TAH|noh}}; née '''Flores'''; born December 4, 1936) is an American [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] politician who represented [[California]]'s [[San Gabriel Valley]] and other parts of [[Los Angeles County]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1999 to 2025. Her district is currently numbered {{ushr|CA|31|A}}. She previously served in the [[California State Assembly]] and the [[Norwalk, California|Norwalk]] City Council. At the age of {{age|1936|12|4}}, Napolitano was the oldest sitting member of the House of Representatives at the time of her departure.

Napolitano represented the [[California's 34th congressional district|34th district]] from 1999 to 2003, the [[California's 38th congressional district|38th district]] from 2003 to 2013, and the [[California's 32nd congressional district|32nd district]] from 2013 to 2023. Due to redistricting, Napolitano ran for and won reelection in the [[2012 United States elections]] in {{ushr|CA|32}} against Republican nominee David Miller. In the 2014 midterm elections, Napolitano was reelected, defeating Republican nominee Arturo Alas. Napolitano retired from Congress in 2025.<ref>{{cite web|last=Valdes|first=Georgia|url=https://www.sgvtribune.com/2023/07/08/grace-napolitano-longtime-san-gabriel-valley-congresswoman-announces-retirement/|title=Grace Napolitano, longtime San Gabriel Valley congresswoman, announces retirement|date=July 8, 2023|access-date=July 9, 2023|website=San Gabriel Valley Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-07-07/rep-grace-napolitano-a-veteran-california-democrat-announces-retirement | author=Seema Mehta | author2=Hannah Wiley | newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=July 7, 2023 | title=Rep. Grace Napolitano, veteran California Democrat, announces retirement}}</ref>

==Early life, education and career==
Napolitano was born and raised in [[Brownsville, Texas]]. After high school, she married Federico "Fred" Musquiz and moved with her husband to [[Norwalk, California]], where they raised five children. After Musquiz's death in 1980, she married Frank Napolitano in 1982.<ref name=Yolanda>{{cite web |title=Community Mourns Passing of Yolanda Louwers, daughter of Rep. Grace Napolitano |url=http://www.loscerritosnews.net/2013/01/16/community-mourns-passing-of-yolanda-louwers-daughter-of-rep-grace-napolitano/ |website=[[Cerritos Community News]] |access-date=November 21, 2020 |date=January 16, 2013}}</ref>

Napolitano began her political career as a member of the Norwalk City Council, winning her first election in 1986 by 28 votes. Four years later, she was reelected by the largest margin recorded in city history. In 1989, Napolitano's council colleagues elevated her to serve as mayor. During her council tenure, she focused much of her attention on providing access to constituents and on redevelopment and transportation issues to address the city's need for jobs and a more diversified economic base.

Napolitano made her way up through the ranks of [[Ford Motor Company]] for 21 years. After her retirement in 1992, she was elected to the [[California Assembly]] and became a leader in international trade, environmental protection, transportation and immigration. In 1996 she requested and received the creation of the first new California State Assembly Standing Committee in nine years, the Committee on International Trade, which she chaired until being termed out in 1998. In her six years in the Assembly, she also served as chair of the Women's Caucus and vice chair of the Latino caucus.

Napolitano is a member of the [[Congressional Progressive Caucus]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Caucus Members|url=https://cpc-grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=71&sectiontree=2,71|publisher=Congressional Progressive Caucus|access-date=January 30, 2018}}</ref>

==U.S. House of Representatives==

===Elections===

==== 1998 ====
In 1998, Napolitano was termed out of the State Assembly and decided to run for a State Senate seat being vacated by [[Charles Calderon]]. She would be facing a difficult race against fellow termed-out Assemblywoman [[Martha Escutia]].<ref name="california journal may 1998">{{cite journal  |  title = 1998 Primary Election  | journal = StateNet Publications  |  date = May 1998  }}</ref> Three days before the candidate filing deadline, U.S. Representative [[Esteban Torres]] announced his retirement, hoping the late timing of his decision would help his son-in-law, James "Jamie" Casso, win the seat. Napolitano switched races at the last moment and narrowly defeated Casso in the Democratic primary, 51% to 49%.<ref name="california journal july 1998">{{cite journal  |  title = 1998 Primary Election Results  | journal = StateNet Publications  |  date = July 1998  }}</ref>

A 2009 story first reported by Bloomberg News<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aUZXCuqGb_Lw#|title=California's Napolitano Makes $220,000 From 1998 Campaign Loan|date=February 13, 2009 |access-date=February 13, 2009|work=Bloomberg}}</ref> and further detailed by the ''Los Angeles Times''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-feb-14-me-napolitano14-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|title=Profile: Grace Napolitano|date=February 14, 2009 }}</ref> questioned the personal loan interest rate that the [[Federal Election Commission]] authorized Napolitano to use during her 1998 campaign for Congress. Both Bloomberg and the ''Times'' noted that the FEC had accepted the argument that the 18% rate was equivalent to the early withdrawal penalty that Napolitano was subject to by withdrawing $150,000 from her employee retirement fund and then lending that money to her campaign. Both sources also reported the rate dropping to 10% in 2006, and cited FEC filings as of December 31, 2009, indicating that $221,780 in interest had been paid. ''[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]'' reported that FEC filings<ref>{{cite web|url=http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/fecimg/?C00334706 |publisher=Federal Election Commission|access-date=March 14, 2014|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001634/http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/fecimg/?C00334706|archive-date=March 4, 2016 |title=Profile: Grace Napolitano}}</ref> for the campaign reporting period ending September 30, 2010, indicated that the debt had been completely retired.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/1007-other/217681-report-members-of-congress-keep-money-in-the-family|title=Report: Members of Congress find ways to keep money in the family|date=March 22, 2012|access-date=April 2, 2012 |work=The Hill|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325175231/http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/1007-other/217681-report-members-of-congress-keep-money-in-the-family|archive-date=March 25, 2012}}</ref>

In July 2023, Napolitano announced her intention to retire from Congress and not seek re-election in 2024.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-07-07/rep-grace-napolitano-a-veteran-california-democrat-announces-retirement | author=Seema Mehta | author2=Hannah Wiley | newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=July 7, 2023 | title=Rep. Grace Napolitano, veteran California Democrat, announces retirement}}</ref>

=== Tenure ===
In 2011, Napolitano voted against the [[National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012]] as part of a controversial provision that allows the government and the military to indefinitely detain American citizens and others without trial.<ref>{{cite web|date=December 16, 2011|title=NDAA Bill: How Did Your Congress Member Vote?|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/ndaa-bill-how-did-your-congress-member-vote-384362?page=1|access-date=September 21, 2013|publisher=Ibtimes.com}}</ref>

====Natural Resources Committee====
Napolitano has been a member of the [[House Committee on Natural Resources]] since the 106th Congress and was selected as chair of the [[United States House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power|Water and Power Subcommittee]] for the 110th Congress. She has promoted conservation, water recycling, desalination, and sound groundwater management and storage to address Southern California's need for adequate water quality and supply. She is proud of her legislative efforts on a number of fronts—assisting in the implementation of the [[CALFED Bay-Delta Program]], a water management plan for the State of California, protection of the ecosystem in the Bay-Delta and promotion of the use of advanced technologies. She is also a member of the [[Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus]].

====Transportation and Infrastructure Committee====
At the start of the 110th Congress, Napolitano became the most senior new member of the [[House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure]], with jurisdiction over America's aviation system, surface transportation, freight and passenger rail, the inland waterway system, international maritime commerce, the [[Economic Development Administration]], the [[U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]]' support of the nation's water resources, and the federal clean water program. Napolitano's experience includes six years on the California State Assembly Transportation Committee, and current work on rail safety and congestion relief in the [[San Gabriel Valley]].

'''Hearings:'''
*''Oversight of U.S. Airline Customer Service: May 2, 2017''.  Napolitano posed questions to the witnesses, including [[Oscar Munoz (executive)|Oscar Munoz]],<ref>{{cite news|date=May 2, 2017|title=Airline Leaders Lambasted at Hearing on Passenger Treatment|newspaper=Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-02/united-ceo-to-face-congress-over-mistreatment-of-passengers|via=www.bloomberg.com}}</ref> after committee chair [[Bill Shuster]] left his chair. Her questions<ref>{{cite web|title=Oversight of U.S. Airline Customer Service|url=https://transportation.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=401344|access-date=June 21, 2017|website=U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure|location=Video recording; remarks at 1 hour, 58 minutes}}</ref> were critical of the airlines' plans to impose self-regulation in response to recent customer service controversies. As the founder and chair of the Congressional Mental Health Caucus, Napolitano further asked whether the airlines provide mental health services to their employees because of the stressful nature of flight attendant jobs and increasing demands that airlines make of flight attendants. William J. McGee, the country's foremost expert and advocate on consumer rights as the Aviation Consultant for [[Consumers Union]] responded that this was "an excellent question because… right now we have a situation where employees are under tremendous strain because of the executive decisions that are putting flight attendants in the front lines of many of these situations. Flight attendants have a primary responsibility to ensure safety, evacuation, and of course customer service, but we have asked them to be bouncers, and police officers, and all kinds of other things, so there is no question that there is an issue of training as well."

====Congressional Mental Health Caucus====
Statistics showing one in three Latina adolescents contemplated [[suicide]] prompted Napolitano to spearhead a school-based Latina adolescent [[mental health]] program in three local middle schools and one high school. She and [[Tim Murphy (congressman)|Tim Murphy]] co-chair the [[Congressional Mental Health Caucus]]. The bipartisan caucus included more than 70 members during the 108th Congress and over 90 members during the 109th Congress. As co-chair, Napolitano has hosted congressional briefings on children's and veteran's mental health needs, working on proposals to improve VA mental health services. A key priority is legislation to provide mental health parity in health insurance.

====Congressional Hispanic Caucus====
During the 109th Congress, Napolitano chaired the [[Congressional Hispanic Caucus]], which continues to address national education, immigration, health, and civil rights issues, and the impact these policies have on the Hispanic community.

===Committee assignments===
For the [[118th United States Congress|118th Congress]]:<ref>{{cite web |title=Grace F. Napolitano |url=https://clerk.house.gov/members/N000179 |publisher=Clerk of the United States House of Representatives |access-date=30 April 2023}}</ref>
* [[United States House Committee on Natural Resources|Committee on Natural Resources]]
** [[United States House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources|Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources]]
** [[United States House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries|Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries]]
* [[United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure|Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure]]
** [[United States House Transportation Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management|Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management]]
** [[United States House Transportation Subcommittee on Highways and Transit|Subcommittee on Highways and Transit]]
** [[United States House Transportation Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials|Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials]]
** [[United States House Transportation Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment|Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment]] (Ranking Member)

===Caucus memberships===
* [[Medicare for All Caucus]]
* Congressional Hispanic Caucus<ref>{{cite web|title=Members|url=https://congressionalhispaniccaucus-lujangrisham.house.gov/members|publisher=Congressional Hispanic Caucus|access-date=May 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515183838/https://congressionalhispaniccaucus-lujangrisham.house.gov/members|archive-date=May 15, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
* Congressional Mental Health Caucus (Co-Chair)
* [[Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Strengthening Conservation Advocacy: Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus Expansion & Reconstitution|author=|url=https://www.refugeassociation.org/news/2023/12/18/strengthening-conservation-advocacy-congressional-wildlife-refuge-caucus-expansion-amp-reconstitution |format=|publisher=National Wildlife Refuge Association|date=December 15, 2023|accessdate=5 February 2025}}</ref>
* [[Congressional Equality Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=About the CEC|url=https://equality.house.gov/about-cec/membership| publisher=CEC|access-date=4 September 2025}}</ref>
*  [[United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Members |url=https://royce.house.gov/internationalconservation/members.html |publisher=U.S. House of Representatives International Conservation Caucus |access-date=August 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801155201/https://royce.house.gov/internationalconservation/members.html |archive-date=August 1, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[House Baltic Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Members|url=http://housebalticcaucus.webs.com/members|publisher=House Baltic Caucus |access-date=February 21, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Congressional Arts Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Membership|url=https://artscaucus-slaughter.house.gov/membership|publisher=Congressional Arts Caucus|access-date=March 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140644/https://artscaucus-slaughter.house.gov/membership|archive-date=June 12, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Members|url=https://capac-chu.house.gov/members |publisher=Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus|access-date=May 17, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Congressional Progressive Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Caucus Membrs|url=https://progressives.house.gov/caucus-members| publisher=US House of Representatives |access-date=January 3, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Congressional Taiwan Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Congressional Taiwan Caucus|url=https://sherman.house.gov/taiwancaucus| publisher=Congressman Brad Sherman|access-date=18 August 2025}}</ref>

==Political positions==
Napolitano voted with President [[Joe Biden]]'s stated position 100% of the time in the [[117th United States Congress|117th Congress]], according to a ''[[FiveThirtyEight]]'' analysis.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Bycoffe |first1=Aaron |last2=Wiederkehr |first2=Anna |date=2021-04-22 |title=Does Your Member Of Congress Vote With Or Against Biden? |url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/house/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423141050/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/house/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 23, 2021 |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=FiveThirtyEight |language=en}}</ref>

===Abortion===
Napolitano opposed the [[Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization|overturning of ''Roe v. Wade'']], calling it "abhorrent" and a "dreadfully sad and dark day when you wake up with fewer and diminished rights in the United States of America."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Napolitano |first1=Grace |title=Napolitano's Statement on Supreme Court Overturning Roe v. Wade |url=https://napolitano.house.gov/media/press-releases/napolitano-s-statement-supreme-court-overturning-roe-v-wade |website=Congresswoman Grace Napolitano |access-date=28 June 2022 |language=en |date=24 June 2022}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Napolitano was married to Frank Napolitano, a restaurateur and community activist, from the early 1980s until his death from cancer on December 15, 2017, aged 90.<ref name="Modesti">{{cite news |last1=Modesti |first1=Kevin |title=Frank Napolitano, husband of San Gabriel Valley Rep. Grace Napolitano, dies after battle with cancer |url=https://www.sgvtribune.com/2017/12/18/frank-napolitano-husband-of-san-gabriel-valley-rep-grace-napolitano-dies-after-battle-with-cancer/ |access-date=November 21, 2020 |work=San Gabriel Valley Tribune |date=December 18, 2017}}</ref> Grace Napolitano had five children from a previous marriage, which ended with her husband's death.<ref name="Frank Napolitano death announcement">{{cite news|work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219071532/https://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-rep-grace-napolitano-will-return-for-1513616422-htmlstory.html|archive-date = December 19, 2017|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-rep-grace-napolitano-will-return-for-1513616422-htmlstory.html|title=Rep. Grace Napolitano's husband, Frank Napolitano, dies after battle with cancer|date=December 18, 2017 |first=Sarah D.|last=Wire}}</ref> In 2013, their daughter Yolanda Maria Louwers died of cancer. Louwers was regularly on the campaign trail with Napolitano throughout her political career.<ref name=Yolanda/>

On February 13, 2016, Napolitano had a minor [[hemorragic stroke]] during a campaign event. She returned to work by mid-April.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wire |first1=Sarah D. |title=Rep. Grace Napolitano is back at work in Washington after stroke |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-grace-napolitano-stroke-washington-story.html |access-date=November 21, 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=April 19, 2016}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States Congress]]
* [[Women in the United States House of Representatives]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Wikisource|Author:Graciela Flores Napolitano|Grace Napolitano}}
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* [https://napolitano.house.gov/ Congresswoman Grace Napolitano] official U.S. House website
* [http://www.napolitanoforcongress.com/ Grace Napolitano for Congress] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716061758/http://napolitanoforcongress.com/ |date=July 16, 2012 }} campaign website 
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