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Jared William Huffman is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 2nd congressional district since January 3, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Huffman has focused on issues such as environmental protection, healthcare, and education during his tenure in Congress. He has been an advocate for science-based policy and has emphasized the importance of government support for scientific research and public safety initiatives.
I don't think anyone would claim that the ESA or any other law is perfect, but improving these laws seems to be a euphemism with some of our friends across the aisle, because so far every so-called improvement proposal I have seen involves…
This is the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act. It has been tremendously successful for 50 years.
I have to say, is a hot mess of extreme anti-science, anti-tribe, anti-wildlife bills.
Improving these laws seems to be a euphemism with some of our friends across the aisle.
Unfortunately, the Republican Majority wants to celebrate this anniversary by undermining a law that 80 percent of Americans support.
I urge against the passage of H.R. 764, which would remove the gray wolf from the list of species protected by the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) and do so without the possibility of judicial review.
Thank you. Good morning. Good afternoon, rather. And congratulations, Chairman Bentz. I wish you well.
Sadly, although we would have loved for this to be truly bipartisan, we did not have the support of most Republicans on this Committee.
I want to pledge the good faith and cooperation of my colleagues and I in some work that hopefully we can do together.
I hope we all can agree that these are resources owned by all Americans, and they should, therefore, be stewarded in a responsible, sustainable way.
Huffman, Hon. Jared, a Representative in Congress from the State of California.
Last Congress, this Subcommittee was very productive. We held hearings on 63 bills, 41 of which were bipartisan, 16 were led by Republicans.
The idea that surface storage is not cheap. The big controversial surface storage projects that are being pushed in California are some of the most expensive water.
Surface storage is not cheap. The idea that that is the cheapest source of supply--the big controversial surface storage projects... are some of the most expensive water.
The idea that desalination is scandalously expensive, well, the folks in San Diego are not stupid.
We passed the most significant climate change investment in history, and that included $4 billion for drought mitigation.
We have explained time and again over the years that big Federal water projects were not paid for by beneficiaries.
China is not the only bad actor out there on the high seas and in other places doing all kinds of dubious things, but they are the biggest and they are probably the worst in lots of ways.
Frankly, we believe that managers could do more to ensure that the law is being implemented as intended to support the resilience of fish stocks and fishing communities.
When you talk about climate, because our water challenges and shortages in the West are not driven by the Endangered Species Act, radical environmentalists, or the deep state--in fact, the principal driving force is climate change.
Desal made a lot of sense in San Diego, and it was a lot cheaper than the other alternatives that they considered.
Thank you for your thoughtful consideration of the proposed Willow Master Development Project (Willow).
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