Doug LaMalfa: “First, I thank the Chairman for finding this a creative way to make a good thing happen, and a good thing to acknowledge…”

Last year, we were able to fill San Luis Reservoir 100 percent. This year, there was a vast amount, like 95 percent, of cut-down in running the pumps.

The Clean Water Act and many other environmental measures have been weaponized to stop people from doing most things.

Now, if you were a miner, if you were anybody else, that would probably be life in prison for what they are doing there.

So, better water years typically result in better fish runs is a pretty safe conclusion, I would say.