Jared Huffman: “In addition, California's recreational and commercial fishing interests sent a letter on Friday with their concerns that…”

“In addition, California's recreational and commercial fishing interests sent a letter on Friday with their concerns that this legislation would ``harm, potentially disastrously, the communities, families, and thousands of fishing jobs in California and Oregon that depend on the health of the Bay Delta and its salmon runs.'' Mr. Speaker, I will include their letter in the Record at this time as well. Opposition to H.R. 5781 December 5, 2014. Dear Representative: On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we write to urge you to oppose H.R. 5781 (Valadao, R-CA), a bill that would dramatically weaken protections for salmon and other fish and wildlife in California's Bay-Delta estuary and its tributaries. This legislation would harm, potentially disastrously, the communities, families and thousands of fishing jobs in California and Oregon that depend on the health of the Bay- Delta and its salmon runs. H.R. 5781 would undermine existing legal protections for salmon, endangered species, and other species in the Bay- Delta ecosystem, in order to pump more water out of the most important salmon producing system south of the Columbia River. For example, the bill would rewrite and override protections required under the Endangered Species Act and replace the best available science with political micro- management. Those ESA protections also benefit fall run Chinook salmon, the backbone of the salmon fishery.…”