David Valadao

Just another quick question, and yes, water again.

California is facing one of the worst droughts in recorded history. Farmers are fallowing fields and many of my constituents will be losing their jobs due to lack of water availability.

How much sewage is dumped in the Delta every day?

That is enough water for 82,000 families for a year and almost 14,000 acres of crops in just one day.

At the time it made sense.

I certainly hope so because I am not very far behind you and I plan on seeing some glass.

When you pass legislation, what it means is you are putting your money where your mouth is.

we have water flowing out into the ocean, water just being wasted for absolutely no good reason, because of law.

The other is a vision of abundance, a new era of clean, cheap, and abundant hydro-electricity.

I really enjoyed driving her around yesterday and pointing out some of the issues that we are facing here in the valley.

The Endangered Species Act needs reform and we plan to begin that process in the next few weeks.

The people of the San Joaquin Valley have asked for and deserve nothing less than their water.

A bill was passed a few years ago, H.R. 1837. A bill was passed again, H.R. 3964.

the key is if you don't have water coming in the future, the decision will be there will be no trees and there will be no work, and there will be nothing.

I just want to make sure for the record, Mr. Denham, that indeed your bill passed the Congress, and I am not sure about Mr. Murillo.

I have been in Congress for a year now, and this fight has been going on much longer.

That is a situation where water infrastructure makes a difference, because that water, instead of being forced upon us, could have been held back for a year like now.

You can't use infrastructure like this to say that you are trying to protect the environment...

the State of California and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to reach agreement immediately on an emergency order to allow increased pumping to capture needed water for agriculture, industry and communities.

Long-term solutions must be part of the equation or we will repeat this destructive drought cycle once again.

we are going to continue to fight.

you are putting these constituents in real danger. It is not just about the farmers but it is also about people in these communities.

we cannot solve this problem.

Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that the letters Mayor Chavez brought with her today and the letters of my constituents on the impacts of the current drought be entered into the record.

The California water bill recently passed by the House immediately authorizes construction of storage by eliminating bureaucratic paralyses-by-analyses.