Feast or famine. California, for 5 years, had a water famine, and now we have a feast. I want to shout out to the Army Corps of Engineers, to the local flood control districts in my district, in Sacramento, the Sutter Butte District I share with Mr. LaMalfa, and also other flood control districts. Despite the heavy water flows, the levees have held. I ask all of my colleagues here in the House and over in the Senate to keep in mind that we need more flood protection all across this Nation; otherwise, there will be great suffering. ____________________
John Garamendi: “Feast or famine. California, for 5 years, had a water famine, and now we have a feast. I want to shout out to the Army…”
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