David Valadao: “I thank the gentleman from California for offering this very important amendment. When you look at what is going on in…”

“I thank the gentleman from California for offering this very important amendment. When you look at what is going on in Central Valley, my hometown, and you hear stories--and I see for myself because I was there this past week--cities, houses, running out of water, wells going dry. There was a news article a couple of days ago about a city in my district named Lemoore where wells are going dry that supply homes there the south side of town. That is a frustrating situation. We fought for the last couple of years to bring legislation to the floor. We delivered it to the Senate a few times to help resolve this. What makes this more frustrating than anything is we have got a situation here where we could actually make a difference. There are studies here that prove that 95 percent of the fish that we are trying to protect are being eaten by species that we are doing nothing about. The tools are there. This is a simple amendment that actually helps deliver and force these agencies which should be looking out for the best interests of the people of the United States, it forces them to actually use every single tool in their toolbox to actually address the situation instead of wasting water.…”