Jeff Denham

Without this irrigation, the social injustice that continues to see our high unemployment level... would continue to increase.

Quite simply, my bill, H.R. 4582, the 'Save our Salmon Act' aims to remove this doubling requirement for striped bass.

H.R. 4582 eliminates the doubling requirement established by the Central Valley Project Improvement Act of 1992 (CVPIA) for striped bass.

Over the past year, our committee has heard a recurring theme in hearings that predation is a key stressor in efforts to protect fish listed under the Endangered Species Act, especially in California.

We must stop the crazy cycle of spending money on both the fish we want to save and the fish that kill them.

We strongly support H.R. 4582, and appreciate your ongoing efforts to curb the effects of predation on the salmon population.

We appreciate your continued efforts to identify common-sense solutions to this problem.

the continued statutory mandate in the CVPIA to set a goal of doubling the number of striped bass... is an exercise in the absurd.

There are a number of social justice issues in California's Central Valley areas that will once again have a zero water allocation.

I have a bill that eliminates this Federal fish doubling goal for the striped bass.

The big conflict has been perpetuated by the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, which is CVPIA.

You have our full support in your effort to remove the doubling requirement for striped bass contained in the Central Valley Project Improvement Act of 1992.

The bill is going to be a bipartisan bill, and we are looking forward to continuing to work with our colleagues from the Committee on Energy and Commerce as we move a bill forward.

For that reason, much, much more needs to be done.

This would seem like a very, very cost-effective way to try to save the fish that are being prioritized over the people in Mr. Costa's and other people's districts.

This is a battle of basic necessities of life. This is a battle of whether or not they are going to have food, or whether we are going to truck it in from other countries.

The President's budget once again targets the vital U.S. crop protection program, making drastic cuts and undermining the program that was laid out in the 2014 Farm Bill.

the arrogance to trivialize such a critical issue that affects so many people in the state of California and around the country, I think is disrespectful to the people in Porterville.

Where is the social justice to large Hispanic communities in the Central Valley, like Porterville, that are now forced to use government showers that are brought in, or water that is now being trucked in?

If it were enacted, what operational changes would it make in this year, 2016?

If we are going to talk about climate change, shouldn't we be considering the trees that we plant? Shouldn't we actually be talking about the cleanest energy there is, of hydro?

If our goal is really to protect these fish, fish over the people in our community, then shouldn't we at least have the programs in place, the legislation supported by the Administration?

This Administration continues to talk about social justice. Where is the social justice in our area with the high unemployment?

We are pissed off. We have people that are out of jobs. It is affecting our entire community.

I will continue to work on predation legislation as we move water bills forward.