[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 37 (Tuesday, March 1, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H1185]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    ADDRESSING CALIFORNIA'S DROUGHT

  (Mr. VALADAO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. VALADAO. Mr. Speaker, last week, the Bureau of Reclamation 
announced that farmers in the Central Valley would receive none of the 
water contracted through the Federally managed Central Valley Project.
  The lack of any allocation at all is alarming news to the communities 
that have continued to suffer from issues like the ongoing supply chain 
crisis. Once again, Central Valley farmers are being asked to do more 
with less.
  My constituents are the farmers who feed the world, and they are 
resilient. But the fact remains that our farms will not survive without 
a reliable water supply for south-of-Delta agriculture.
  Meanwhile, the House majority refuses to consider my bill, the RENEW 
WIIN Act, which would immediately bring water to these fields and save 
these farms.
  These water allocations must reflect the needs of the agriculture 
community which is the backbone of the Central Valley economy.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to take up my legislation to 
address California's drought.

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