Doug LaMalfa: “What are we doing here when we can hardly keep the retardant available to us, yet so little is being done on these…”

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.

And now they want to electrify everything from your car or your truck to your barbecue, OK? Because it is just a fad now.

I can cite one example in my own district. Elderberry bushes are required to be basically untouched because an elderberry beetle may come along.

Farmers like the current conservation programs that are out there, EQIP and the others, but this new one here is going to require them to jump through hoops in order to maybe be competitive or not.