Jeff Denham

I thank the gentleman for yielding and for scheduling this time for all of us to address each other, as well as address our country. I rise to express my gratitude to the men and women of California's 10th Congressional District for…

I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the committee amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. NOTICE OF COMPREHENSIVE…

French Camp will be the Army Corps' first VA project, building a megaclinic for our veterans in our local community right in this area in between Lathrop and Manteca. We look at revitalizing America's infrastructure. This is a monumental…

I am going to tell you it is one of the main reasons of frustration for this committee.

I thank Mr. Hill for recognizing me. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor John McCain, a family man, a war hero, United States Senator, and a very, very close friend. John was a one-of-a-kind, a man with an undeniable spirit, an incredible…

It is good to see you this morning. Glad to see the Chief's Report for phase 1 to the Lower San Joaquin River is now signed and included in the WRDA bill.

Will it be high-speed from San Francisco to L.A.? That is one of the things that continues to be debated.

According to Prop. 1A, this was supposed to create 300,000, I believe, men and women hours through...

I think everybody up here voted for the NEPA Reciprocity Act, NEPA/CEQA, so that we could streamline these projects.

The question the other 49 States ask us when we are talking about funding and whether or not we have more Federal funding is what are you doing yourselves?

Mr. Kelly, once again here when the original vote was approved as a $33 billion project and we found out just a couple years later it was a $98.5 billion project.

$10.6 billion? And while we are waiting for that funding gap to come in, whatever that new revenue is, will we have high-speed rail on that segment?

I thank the chairman and ranking member for their support of H.R. 5974, the VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act. This bipartisan bill improves care for our veterans. It also ensures that the VA is using the latest cost-saving technology. It…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division A (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

This amendment prevents a huge water grab by the State of California from farmers and communities in California's Central Valley. Under Sacramento's new plan, residents and farmers, alike, will suffer skyrocketing rates that will cripple…

The gentleman talks about a compromise. I will not compromise and allow our people to go without water, people that have no drinking water, only to have FEMA come in and bring bottled water. I will not shut down our farms. That is not a…

I have an amendment at the desk, amendment No. 26. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 38, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $2,000,000)''. Page 80…

California continues to suffer devastating water shortages and inadequate clean drinking water. We must build new water storage. My amendment would simply transfer $2 million into the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in support, not only of this rule, but on the underlying bill. It is time to get something done around here. Both parties have failed to address this issue for decades now; we finally have an…

What takes so long to implement a rule? We are talking about 2011 and 2016.

I missed votes due to an extraordinary circumstances. Had I been present, I would have voted ``Nay'' on rollcall No. 277 and ``Yea'' on rollcall No. 278. ____________________

You would expect, once a law is passed, signed into law, that it gets implemented very, very quickly.

I just hope it doesn't take another big blowup like what happened in Edison for you to move on some of these regulations, because it is going to be catastrophic.

System-wide, this will save the VA millions of dollars each year and directly improve safety and healthcare for our veterans.