[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 54 (Monday, March 28, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H3868]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         BIDEN FOOD INSECURITY

  (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 rise today to talk about the situation 
we have with agriculture and water in California and the President's 
acknowledgment just a couple of days ago that we are going to see a 
food shortage in the world but partially even in the United States of 
America.
  That is unbelievable to me. How could we, the United States of 
America, be facing possible food shortages? Indeed, already on the 
store shelves is empty space.
  I remember a story just a few years ago where Boris Yeltsin, 
President of Russia, of all places, came over and was visiting. They 
took him to a grocery store in the United States, and he was amazed and 
blown away and even emotional by the variety we have here.
  Yet, the priorities don't seem to be producing for Americans or even 
producing for those we help around the world. It seems to be based more 
on environmental needs, like in my home State of California where they 
are releasing more water out to the ocean than what is going to go to 
agriculture this year.
  Why does this affect all Americans? Why does this affect you? Because 
so many of the crops that we grow in California supply somewhere 
between 90 and 98 percent of what Americans eat of those crops, and we 
are still doing this environmental stuff in California.

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