[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 162 (Monday, September 20, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H4546]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                HIGHLIGHTING THE BENEFITS OF HYDROPOWER

  (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, I speak tonight about the advocacy and 
the positives we have of hydroelectric dams in my home State and in our 
country. They provide hydroelectric power, which is green power, which 
is renewable power. Yet, that seems to be forgotten these days when 
they are more and more trying to remove hydroelectric dams from our 
grid.
  It is clean power; it is available 24 hours a day. You don't have to 
wait for the sun to come up or wind to blow.
  Hydroelectric dams have several multiple use purposes, such as 
storing water for people or for agriculture. That water is available 
for dipping out of when you have aircraft that need to get water supply 
for fighting forest fires like we have over a million acres of in my 
home State, in Northern California.
  Water transfers can help with the wildlife; with helping to have 
switches so that they can have water for aquatic species, for swapping 
during the year.
  So why are we wanting to remove hydroelectric dams?
  In California, we even have issues with having to shut off power 
usage, what is called flex alerts. What is even funnier is that you 
have shut them off from 3 to 9 p.m. on charging your electric car.
  So we should utilize our hydroelectric dams and all the multiple 
positive uses they have, and not tear them out, like on the Klamath 
Basin.

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