On the recordDecember 9, 2016
I call on Senator Merkley for as much time as he wishes. Before Maria Cantwell leaves the floor, who is suffering mightily from laryngitis, I have another editorial hot off the press from the Los Angeles Times: ``A water deal that's bad for California's environment.'' I can't tell you how proud this makes me because this means, essentially, every major paper in my State that has really stayed out of this is going in. This is a very long editorial. I will save my comments on it until later. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to have the Los Angeles Times editorial printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: [Dec. 9, 2016] A Water Deal That's Bad for California's Environment (By the LA Times Editorial Board) There is much for Southern Californians to like in departing U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer's final bill--to authorize federal water projects--including funding to restore the Los Angeles River and to pay for various water storage and groundwater efforts. And then there are the provisions Boxer's colleague and fellow California Democrat, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, negotiated with Republicans and their supporters in San Joaquin Valley's agriculture industry to squeeze more usable water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta for farmers in drought years.…
