[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 200 (Wednesday, November 17, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H6327]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             REQUESTING RESPONSE ON CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT

  (Mr. VALADAO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. VALADAO. Madam Speaker, last month, I led the California 
Republican delegation in a letter to Secretary of the Interior Haaland 
and Secretary of Commerce Raimondo regarding the reinitiation of 
consultation on the 2019 biological opinions for the long-term 
operations of the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project.
  Despite our request for a response, we did not receive an answer by 
the set deadline. This issue is critical to my constituents in the 
Central Valley. Failure to provide answers to our urgent questions is 
unacceptable.
  This week, I led another letter to Secretaries Haaland and Raimondo. 
Once again, we are demanding answers regarding the administration's 
antiscience decision, which threatens the livelihoods of Central Valley 
farmers and families.
  Madam Speaker, my colleagues and I will not back down, and I urgently 
request attention and response to this issue.

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