John Scott Duarte: “I am from California. I represent a district that is--we looked at it--the 18th highest poverty level in America.”

Thank you to the Secretary. I had just a month ago best-of-breed growers in my district...

That is a complete mischaracterization of what I just said. I am not being insensitive, and also----

We are shutting down oil leases, we are shutting down oil transport. We are shutting down the oil economy which includes many derivatives, many industries that many families can better themselves on.

These dams are 92 percent full. We have farms that need this water to produce crops this year.