[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 15, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H2802-H2803]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  ENDING ILLEGAL MARIJUANA OPERATIONS

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Speaker, in California, we are known for having a 
lot of marijuana grows. But we have to

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recognize this is still an illegal substance at the Federal level.
  We have, in my district--it is amazing--many hundreds of illegal 
hothouses that have been planted in Siskiyou County full of marijuana 
grows.
  Now, we haven't had many resources to help out up there until very 
recently, when a sheriff up there took it upon himself to eradicate 
these grows, to go against the county ordinances there, to go against 
other ordinances on water use, chemical use. They are using chemicals 
that are not even available to farmers that have long been made illegal 
in this country and in the State of California.
  These grows cause irreparable damage to the environment and wildlife 
and are even dangerous to people who happen to traipse in there 
accidentally, with folks who are so heavily armed. They are cartels 
from out of the country that are in there doing this operation--all 
illegally. Why do we allow this to go on?
  These marijuana grows are dangerous and are against the law. The 
Federal Government needs to be a stronger partner in backing the locals 
on eradicating these grows because of how much damage they do to the 
community, to the environment, to the wildlife, and to the overall 
feeling people have of their community up there. We need to help more.

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