[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12184]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            FIGHTING FOR LANDOWNERS IN THE SAN JOAQUIN DELTA

  (Mr. McNERNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. McNERNEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to stand shoulder to shoulder with 
the landowners from the San Joaquin Delta who are fighting against the 
peripheral canal. Without permission, the State is sending its 
employees into private farmland to conduct surveys that the State needs 
to conduct studies to build a canal. Delta farmers are not standing for 
it. Delta farmers have taken the case to the courts, and I urge them to 
keep fighting for their property rights and the health of the delta.
  A peripheral canal or tunnel that takes large amounts of fresh water 
from the delta would devastate our families, our farmers, and our 
businesses in our community. A canal will cause saltwater intrusion, 
destroy thousands of acres of farmland, and devastate our water 
quality.
  It's time for our State and Federal agencies to respect the delta and 
its people. We won't tolerate anything less.

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