Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, I would like to first, again, thank the Rules Committee chair and Ranking Member Slaughter for making my amendment in order, as well as acknowledge my colleague from California, Congressman LaMalfa, for his work on this amendment. Mr. Chairman, a record drought and the most destructive wildfire seasons on record have brought renewed attention to California's headwaters. These forests, meadows, and other source waters play a vital role in California's water supply and management system, and they are under threat from a host of factors, including wildfires, climate change impacts, and poor management policies. More effective forest and headwaters management practices, such as increased use of forest thinning and watershed restoration, have demonstrated the potential to provide a measurable increase in water supply to the Central Valley Project reservoirs that receive runoff generated by these headwaters in the Sierra Nevadas, the beautiful mountains that we have in California. The Sierra Nevada mountain range, many people don't realize, generates nearly 60 percent of California's developed water supply--60 percent. And that is why the abundance of snow on the mountains during the wintertime is so critical.…”