Devin Nunes: “Once again, I want to bring up this issue that the minority continues to ignore. They don't want to talk about this, and…”

“Once again, I want to bring up this issue that the minority continues to ignore. They don't want to talk about this, and I don't understand why. They care about this freshwater. They also care about the environment, but they dammed up Yosemite. They have the water here, and they pipe it to their communities. They completely go around the delta so that none of this water ever makes it to the precious fish that they care about. We have this beautiful environment here, Mr. Chairman, that was destroyed by the Congress; but we don't see any amendments to fix this travesty, do we? It's interesting that the gentlelady from California wants to raise water rates. Do you know who pays the cheapest water rates in California or electricity rates and fees on that? Hetch Hetchy, the power generation at Hetch Hetchy. So perhaps we should have an amendment that would be offered that would make Hetch Hetchy pay today's fees, fees that all of the other folks in California are having to pay. If we want to do that, then everyone would be on a level playing field. But no. Instead, this is an attack, once again, as usual, on farm workers and farmers. I want to remind my colleagues that this bill saves $300 million, $300 million, this bill saves. So if the ratepayers in San Francisco, in Santa Clara, in Silicon Valley, and all over the Bay Area want to have their precious water, well, they ought to pay the same fees, too.…”