Sam Farr: “Let me point out that the reason people are having such difficulty with this is we do have a surplus here. We are not…”

“Let me point out that the reason people are having such difficulty with this is we do have a surplus here. We are not spending enough money. When the gentleman was a city councilman and mayor, he received money out of the land and water conservation money that came to his city. When he was a State legislator he received money out of the land and water conservation money that came as grants to his State. What has happened is all that money has dried up because we are not spending it, even though we are taking in $900 million. We are only asking that you spend another $135 million of that $900 million surplus for acquisition, so that those cities and counties and States could benefit from this surplus. That is what this amendment is about.”