Doug LaMalfa: “The use of retardant is a vital tool that our firefighters need to have at their disposal.”

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.

But that costs a lot of money to the taxpayers. We always say Government needs to do something. It is the taxpayers that pays for all of this.

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