House Speaker Boehner and California Congressmen Propose Water
Crisis Relief
Posted TODAY: At the
request of Speaker of the House John Boehner and California Congressmen David
Valadao, Kevin McCarthy, and Devin Nunes, Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank
Lucas has presented a legislative fix in a bicameral conference committee to
relieve the water crisis in the South Valley. The proposal, meant for inclusion
in the Farm Bill that could pass Congress as early as this week, calls for two
main actions:
- Turning on the Delta pumps this year and next year to capture
future rain events.
- Ending restoration flows in the San Joaquin River for this year
and next year in order to stop wasting water
In a
joint statement, the three California representatives declared, “We’d like to
thank Speaker Boehner and Chairman Lucas for their leadership and for acting
quickly on this urgent issue. With more than 50,000 acre feet of water about to
be flushed into the ocean, this is the last chance to make a difference for
tens of thousands of Central Valley farmers and residents whose water supplies
are running critically low. We urge California’s senators to support this
language and cooperate with the House to get it passed into law as soon as
possible.”Labels: California Ag News, CALIFORNIA WATER REFORMS PRESENTED AT FARM BILL CONFERENCE COMMITTEE