Political Quotes

“I thank the Senator from California for that explanation. I also ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record another San Francisco story from just yesterday where an attorney, Doug Obegi, basically says, to my colleague's point about the midnight darkness of this, that the densely technical text ``explicitly authorize[s] the Trump administration to violate the biological opinions under the Endangered Species Act.'' There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: [From sfgate.com, Dec. 8, 2016] House OKs Bill To Increase Pumping From State Rivers; Fish at Risk (By Carolyn Lochhead) Washington.--With the help of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D- Calif., House Republicans moved closer Thursday to achieving their long-sought goal of undermining the Endangered Species Act to deliver more water to California farmers, with the overwhelming passage of a popular water infrastructure bill. The bill, which moves to the Senate, contains a legislative rider inserted by Feinstein and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield, that would allow the incoming Trump administration to increase pumping from the state's rivers by overruling biological opinions from fish and wildlife agencies that protect salmon, smelt and other native fish that are nearing extinction for lack of flowing rivers.…”