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Alex Padilla: “As droughts, floods, rising project costs, and funding delays continue to threaten watersheds across our state, Congress…”

On the recordJuly 17, 2026
As droughts, floods, rising project costs, and funding delays continue to threaten watersheds across our state, Congress has a responsibility to restore salmon and improve recreational access to free-flowing rivers in areas like the San Joaquin Valley.
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Alex Padilla
Democratic · California

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Discussing the need for ecological restoration funding.

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