[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 127 (Friday, July 29, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H7535]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  ROLE THAT CALIFORNIA PLAYS IN CROP PRODUCTION CANNOT BE UNDERSTATED

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, the Biden administration is throwing such a 
wrench in the American economy and is stifling production in critical 
domestic industries, including agriculture.
  His failed economic policies raised input costs on essentials like 
fuel and fertilizer and severely disrupted our supply chain.
  Of great concern right now in California is our water supply. His 
regulators in the Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Fish and Wildlife have 
cut so much water out of the State. We have hundreds of thousands of 
acres that are idle this year.
  Now, why is that important to everybody across the country? 
California produces a very high amount of all these crops: 100 percent 
of artichokes, celery, garlic, honeydew, olives, plums. Many of these 
crops you can see on this chart here: 100 percent, 96 percent, 94 
percent. Even down here, wild rice, 60 percent. Horseradish, 30 
percent.
  The water is being taken away to grow these crops. Is that a big 
deal? Well, if you want to import it from other countries, I guess you 
can, and then we can be subject to their supply, their price, their 
delivery times.
  California is the top agriculture producing State in the country. We 
need to have a water supply. We do not need to have it taken away by 
regulators or given to fish or environmental stuff.

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