John Garamendi: “Yesterday the House overwhelmingly passed the Natural Resources Management Act, including a provision sponsored by…”

“Yesterday the House overwhelmingly passed the Natural Resources Management Act, including a provision sponsored by Senator Feinstein and me that would establish California's first National Heritage Area, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area. I want to thank my House colleagues from California, Representatives Matsui, DeSaulnier, McNerney, Thompson, Harder, Lofgren, and Bera, for their support as cosponsors of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area Act, H.R. 357. I also want to thank Chairman Grijalva of the Natural Resources Committee for bringing the bipartisan public lands bill to the floor of the House following Senate passage earlier this month. I sponsored this legislation to establish the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area since 2011 along with my colleague Senator Feinstein. A National Heritage Area designation will help conserve the California Delta, which I have had the great pleasure of calling my home for the last 40 years. {time} 1015 This iconic working landscape is central to California's life and is the most productive watershed and delta in the Western United States and, indeed, from the coast of Alaska to Chile. Specifically, this legislation authorizes $10 million in Federal grants for local development of cultural heritage issues, historic preservation, and working lands conservation projects.…”