On the recordJuly 12, 2017
I thank the gentleman for yielding. That is correct. I know this was offered 5 years ago. I would like to point out, though, in the last 5 years of the drought conditions, we have learned a whole lot more about the flexibility and how you can and cannot use rescheduled water and, of course, how valuable it is. So I respect and thank the gentleman, Congressman LaMalfa, for working together on this to ensure that we protect all of the water users in their ability to have flexibility, especially during drought times. Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Chair, indeed, whether it is a drought period where we have to work even harder to spread that water around or in a year of abundance like what we had, we have to be wise about storing it where we can and having the flexibility to put it where we need to and having additional facilities in the future to store farther into the drought years that, no doubt, will come. This is what we are looking for in this legislation and what I am trying to promote for my particular area in northern California with this amendment. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
