1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 starttime 1255627795.67933 2 00:00:12,001 --> 00:00:13,000 CONVERSATIONS OFF THE FLOOR. 3 00:00:13,001 --> 00:00:14,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: MEMBERS 4 00:00:14,001 --> 00:00:45,000 IN THE AISLE WILL TAKE THEIR 5 00:00:45,001 --> 00:00:46,000 CONVERSATIONS OFF THE FLOOR. 6 00:00:46,001 --> 00:00:47,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: FOR 7 00:00:47,001 --> 00:00:50,000 WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLELADY 8 00:00:50,001 --> 00:00:52,000 FROM CALIFORNIA RISE? 9 00:00:52,001 --> 00:00:54,000 >> MADAM SPEAKER, I CALL UP 10 00:00:54,001 --> 00:00:56,000 HUSE RESOLUTION 830 AND ASK FOR 11 00:00:56,001 --> 00:00:57,000 ITS IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION. 12 00:00:57,001 --> 00:01:05,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 13 00:01:05,001 --> 00:01:07,000 HOUSE WILL COME TORD. 14 00:01:07,001 --> 00:01:08,000 THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE 15 00:01:08,001 --> 00:01:10,000 RESOLUTION. 16 00:01:10,001 --> 00:01:11,000 THE CLERK: HOUSE RESOLUTION 830, 17 00:01:11,001 --> 00:01:14,000 RESOLVED THAT UPON ADOPTION OF 18 00:01:14,001 --> 00:01:15,000 THIS RESOLUTION, IT SHALL BE IN 19 00:01:15,001 --> 00:01:18,000 ORDER TO CONSIDER IN THE HOUSE 20 00:01:18,001 --> 00:01:21,000 THE BILL, H.R. 2442, TO AMEND 21 00:01:21,001 --> 00:01:22,000 RECLAMATION WASTEWATER AND 22 00:01:22,001 --> 00:01:25,000 GROUNDWATER STUDY AND FACILITIES 23 00:01:25,001 --> 00:01:28,000 ACT, TO EXPAND THE BAY AREA REGIONAL WATER RECYCLING PROGRAM 24 00:01:28,001 --> 00:01:29,000 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 25 00:01:29,001 --> 00:01:31,000 ALL POINTS OF ORDER AGAINST 26 00:01:31,001 --> 00:01:33,000 CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL ARE 27 00:01:33,001 --> 00:01:35,000 WAIVED EXCEPT THOSE ARISING 28 00:01:35,001 --> 00:01:36,000 UNDER CLAUSE 9 OR 10 OF RULE 21. 29 00:01:36,001 --> 00:01:38,000 THE AMENDMENT PRINTED IN REPORT 30 00:01:38,001 --> 00:01:39,000 OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES 31 00:01:39,001 --> 00:01:41,000 ACCOMPANYING THIS RESOLUTION 32 00:01:41,001 --> 00:01:43,000 SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED. 33 00:01:43,001 --> 00:01:44,000 THE BILL AS AMENDED SHALL BE 34 00:01:44,001 --> 00:01:47,000 CONSIDERED AS READ. 35 00:01:47,001 --> 00:01:48,000 ALL POINTS OF ORDER AGAINST 36 00:01:48,001 --> 00:01:50,000 PROVISIONS IN THE BILL AS 37 00:01:50,001 --> 00:01:52,000 AMENDED ARE WAIVED. THE PREVIOUS QUESTION SHALL BE 38 00:01:52,001 --> 00:01:55,000 CONSIDERED AS ORDERED ON THE 39 00:01:55,001 --> 00:01:56,000 BILL AS AMENDED TO FINAL PASSAGE 40 00:01:56,001 --> 00:01:59,000 WITHOUT INTERVENING MOTION 41 00:01:59,001 --> 00:02:00,000 EXCEPT, ONE, ONE HOUR OF DEBATE 42 00:02:00,001 --> 00:02:01,000 EQUALLY DIVIDED AND CONTROLLED 43 00:02:01,001 --> 00:02:03,000 BY THE CHAIR AND RANKING 44 00:02:03,001 --> 00:02:07,000 MINORITY MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE 45 00:02:07,001 --> 00:02:09,000 ON NATURAL RESOURCES, AND, TWO, 46 00:02:09,001 --> 00:02:11,000 WITHOUT INSTRUCTION. 47 00:02:11,001 --> 00:02:12,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 48 00:02:12,001 --> 00:02:15,000 GENTLELADY FROM CALIFORNIA IS 49 00:02:15,001 --> 00:02:16,000 RECOGNIZED FOR ONE HOUR. 50 00:02:16,001 --> 00:02:17,000 MS. MATSUI: FOR THE PURPOSE OF 51 00:02:17,001 --> 00:02:19,000 DEBATE ONLY, I YIELD THE 52 00:02:19,001 --> 00:02:21,000 CUSTOMARY 30 MINUTES TO THE 53 00:02:21,001 --> 00:02:22,000 GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA, MY 54 00:02:22,001 --> 00:02:23,000 FRIEND, MR. DIAZ-BALART. 55 00:02:23,001 --> 00:02:25,000 ALL TIME YIELDED DURING 56 00:02:25,001 --> 00:02:26,000 CONSIDERATION OF THE RULE IS FOR 57 00:02:26,001 --> 00:02:27,000 DEBATE ONLY. 58 00:02:27,001 --> 00:02:29,000 I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I 59 00:02:29,001 --> 00:02:30,000 MAY CONSUME. 60 00:02:30,001 --> 00:02:31,000 I ALSO ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT 61 00:02:31,001 --> 00:02:34,000 THAT ALL MEMBERS BE GIVEN FIVE 62 00:02:34,001 --> 00:02:35,000 LEGISLATIVE DAYS IN WHICH TO 63 00:02:35,001 --> 00:02:37,000 REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR REMARKS 64 00:02:37,001 --> 00:02:38,000 ON HOUSE RESOLUTION 830. 65 00:02:38,001 --> 00:02:39,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT 66 00:02:39,001 --> 00:02:41,000 OBJECTION. 67 00:02:41,001 --> 00:02:42,000 MS. MA 68 00:02:42,001 --> 00:02:44,000 H.RES. 80 PROVIDES THE 69 00:02:44,001 --> 00:02:47,000 CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2442, THE 70 00:02:47,001 --> 00:02:49,000 BAY AREA REGIONAL WATER 71 00:02:49,001 --> 00:02:51,000 RECYCLING EXPANSION ACT OF 2009. 72 00:02:51,001 --> 00:02:52,000 THE RULE PROVIDES ONE HOUR 73 00:02:52,001 --> 00:02:54,000 GENERAL DEBATE CONTROLLED BY THE 74 00:02:54,001 --> 00:02:57,000 COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES. 75 00:02:57,001 --> 00:02:59,000 THE RULE MAKES TWO SMALL CHANGES 76 00:02:59,001 --> 00:03:00,000 CLARIFYING THE FUNDING IN THE 77 00:03:00,001 --> 00:03:02,000 BILL IS SUBJECT TO 78 00:03:02,001 --> 00:03:04,000 APPROPRIATIONS AND MAKING A 79 00:03:04,001 --> 00:03:06,000 PEERL TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO 80 00:03:06,001 --> 00:03:07,000 THE SECTIN NUMBERING IN TH 81 00:03:07,001 --> 00:03:08,000 BILL. 82 00:03:08,001 --> 00:03:09,000 THE RULE ALSO PROVIDES ONE 83 00:03:09,001 --> 00:03:15,000 MOTION TO RECOMMIT WITH OR 84 00:03:15,001 --> 00:03:17,000 WITHOUT INSTRUCTION. 85 00:03:17,001 --> 00:03:18,000 MADAM SPEAKER, I FIRST WANT TO 86 00:03:18,001 --> 00:03:21,000 THANK CHAIRMAN MILLER AND 87 00:03:21,001 --> 00:03:24,000 CHAIRMAN STARK AS WELL AS 88 00:03:24,001 --> 00:03:28,000 REPRESENTATIVES ESHOO, HONDA, 89 00:03:28,001 --> 00:03:33,000 WOOLSEY, LOCK RAN, NAPOLITANO 90 00:03:33,001 --> 00:03:34,000 AND SPEAR FOR THEIR WORK ON THE 91 00:03:34,001 --> 00:03:35,000 BILL. 92 00:03:35,001 --> 00:03:38,000 I ALSO COMMEND SENATOR FEINSTEIN 93 00:03:38,001 --> 00:03:39,000 IDENTICAL LEGISLATION IN THE 94 00:03:39,001 --> 00:03:41,000 SENATE AND THEIR LEADERSHIP ON 95 00:03:41,001 --> 00:03:43,000 THIS ISSUE. 96 00:03:43,001 --> 00:03:45,000 AS THE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE 97 00:03:45,001 --> 00:03:47,000 FROM SACRAMENTO AND AS A 98 00:03:47,001 --> 00:03:49,000 FAMER'S DAUGHTER FROM THE 99 00:03:49,001 --> 00:03:51,000 CENTRAL VALLEY I UNDERSTAND THAT 100 00:03:51,001 --> 00:03:53,000 WATER IS CRITICAL TO OUR STATE'S 101 00:03:53,001 --> 00:03:54,000 ECONOMY -- STATES' ECONOMY AND 102 00:03:54,001 --> 00:03:55,000 OUR WAY OF LIFE. 103 00:03:55,001 --> 00:03:57,000 AFTER THREE YEARS OF DROUGHT, 104 00:03:57,001 --> 00:03:59,000 PUMPING RESTRICTIONS AND LOST 105 00:03:59,001 --> 00:04:01,000 JOBS FROM THE VALLEY TO COAST, 106 00:04:01,001 --> 00:04:03,000 THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT IMPROVING 107 00:04:03,001 --> 00:04:04,000 THE CAPABILITY OF WATER 108 00:04:04,001 --> 00:04:07,000 RECYCLING WILL HELP ADDRESS 109 00:04:07,001 --> 00:04:10,000 THESE PROBLEMS AND LESSEN THE 110 00:04:10,001 --> 00:04:12,000 BURDEN ON THE BAY ECOSYSTEM. 111 00:04:12,001 --> 00:04:14,000 WHILE RECYCLING IS NOT THE ONLY 112 00:04:14,001 --> 00:04:15,000 WAY TO MEET THE BAY AREA AND 113 00:04:15,001 --> 00:04:19,000 CALIFORNIA'S WATER REQUIREMENTS, 114 00:04:19,001 --> 00:04:20,000 IT MUST BE PART OF OUR 115 00:04:20,001 --> 00:04:22,000 COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION. 116 00:04:22,001 --> 00:04:23,000 EFFECTIVE WATER USE WILL HELP 117 00:04:23,001 --> 00:04:25,000 KEEP CALIFORNIA'S AGRICULTURE 118 00:04:25,001 --> 00:04:27,000 ECONOMY STRONG AND THE DELTA 119 00:04:27,001 --> 00:04:28,000 HEALTHY. 120 00:04:28,001 --> 00:04:29,000 AND ENSURE THAT THE NEEDS OF 121 00:04:29,001 --> 00:04:32,000 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BUSINESSES, 122 00:04:32,001 --> 00:04:33,000 FARMERS AND RESIDENTS ARE NOT 123 00:04:33,001 --> 00:04:35,000 IGNORED. 124 00:04:35,001 --> 00:04:40,000 UNDER TITLE 16 WATER RECYCLING 125 00:04:40,001 --> 00:04:42,000 PROGRAM, H.R AUTHORIZE SIX ADITIONAL WATER 126 00:04:42,001 --> 00:04:46,000 RECYCLING PROJECTS FOR THE BAY 127 00:04:46,001 --> 00:04:48,000 AREA THAT WOULD PROVIDE $7 -- 128 00:04:48,001 --> 00:04:51,000 7.2 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER 129 00:04:51,001 --> 00:04:52,000 DAILY AND SERVE 24,000 130 00:04:52,001 --> 00:04:53,000 HOUSEHOLDS. 131 00:04:53,001 --> 00:04:56,000 COLLECTIVELY THESE PROJECTS WILL 132 00:04:56,001 --> 00:04:58,000 SAVE $2 -- 2.6 BILION GALLONS 133 00:04:58,001 --> 00:04:59,000 OF WATER PER YEAR IN THE REGION, 134 00:04:59,001 --> 00:05:01,000 OFFERING A NEW WATER SUPPLY OF 135 00:05:01,001 --> 00:05:04,000 TREATED WASTEWATER FOR 136 00:05:04,001 --> 00:05:05,000 INDUSTRIAL AN 137 00:05:05,001 --> 00:05:07,000 SPECIFICALLY, THE BAY AREA 138 00:05:07,001 --> 00:05:13,000 REGIONAL WATER RECYCLING PROGRAM 139 00:05:13,001 --> 00:05:14,000 EXPANSION ACT WOULD AUTHORIZE 140 00:05:14,001 --> 00:05:17,000 ASSISTANCE UNDER THE INTERIOR 141 00:05:17,001 --> 00:05:18,000 DERTMENT'S BUREAU OF 142 00:05:18,001 --> 00:05:20,000 RECLAMATION FOR THE PLANNING AND 143 00:05:20,001 --> 00:05:21,000 CONSTRUCTION OF THESE NEW WATER 144 00:05:21,001 --> 00:05:23,000 PROJECTS. 145 00:05:23,001 --> 00:05:24,000 IT WOULD ALSO STAND THE 146 00:05:24,001 --> 00:05:26,000 AUTHORIZATION FOR TWO EXISTING 147 00:05:26,001 --> 00:05:28,000 PROJECTS. 148 00:05:28,001 --> 00:05:31,000 H.R. 2442 WOULD STIPULATE THAT 149 00:05:31,001 --> 00:05:33,000 THE FEDERAL SHARE OF THE COST OF 150 00:05:33,001 --> 00:05:35,000 THE PROJECTS NOT EXCEED 25% OF 151 00:05:35,001 --> 00:05:37,000 THE TOTAL COST AND BARS THE 152 00:05:37,001 --> 00:05:39,000 DEPARTMENT FROM FUNDING 153 00:05:39,001 --> 00:05:40,000 OPERATION OR MAINTENANCE OF THE 154 00:05:40,001 --> 00:05:42,000 PROJECT. 155 00:05:42,001 --> 00:05:44,000 IT IS IM 156 00:05:44,001 --> 00:05:46,000 THIS LEGISLATION HAS BEEN 157 00:05:46,001 --> 00:05:50,000 ENDORSED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF 158 00:05:50,001 --> 00:05:52,000 CALIFORNIA WATER AGENCIES 159 00:05:52,001 --> 00:05:54,000 INCLUDES EVERY MAJOR AGRICULTURE 160 00:05:54,001 --> 00:05:55,000 AND URBAN WATER AGE IN THE 161 00:05:55,001 --> 00:05:56,000 STATE. 162 00:05:56,001 --> 00:05:58,000 AND REPRESENTS THE LARGEST 163 00:05:58,001 --> 00:06:00,000 COALITION OF PUBLIC WATER 164 00:06:00,001 --> 00:06:04,000 AGENCIES NATIONWIDE. 165 00:06:04,001 --> 00:06:05,000 ADDITIONALLY, THE WATER REUSE 166 00:06:05,001 --> 00:06:08,000 FOUNDATION, WHICH SERVES MORE 167 00:06:08,001 --> 00:06:09,000 THAN 180 PUBLIC WATER AGENCIES, 168 00:06:09,001 --> 00:06:12,000 CITIES AND MAJOR ENGINEER AND 169 00:06:12,001 --> 00:06:14,000 TECHNOLOGY FIRMS, HAS URGED THAT 170 00:06:14,001 --> 00:06:16,000 WE MOVE EXPEDITIOUSLY ON THE 171 00:06:16,001 --> 00:06:18,000 BILL. 172 00:06:18,001 --> 00:06:20,000 THESE GROUPS UNDERSTAND THAT NO 173 00:06:20,001 --> 00:06:22,000 ONE 174 00:06:22,001 --> 00:06:24,000 LOCAL PROJECTS ARE HELD HOSTAGE 175 00:06:24,001 --> 00:06:26,000 BECAUSE OF DISPUTES OVER THE 176 00:06:26,001 --> 00:06:27,000 OPERATIONS OF FEDERAL WATER 177 00:06:27,001 --> 00:06:29,000 PROJECTS. 178 00:06:29,001 --> 00:06:32,000 WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE ARE 179 00:06:32,001 --> 00:06:35,000 SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE WATER 180 00:06:35,001 --> 00:06:37,000 CRIS IN CALIFORNIA. 181 00:06:37,001 --> 00:06:38,000 I WAS BACK HOME IN MY DISTRICT 182 00:06:38,001 --> 00:06:40,000 OVER THE WEEKEND, MADAM SPEAKER, 183 00:06:40,001 --> 00:06:43,000 AND EERYONAT HOME WAS TALKING 184 00:06:43,001 --> 00:06:44,000 ABOUT A WATER DEAL, TRYING TO BE 185 00:06:44,001 --> 00:06:46,000 NEGOTIATED BY THE LEGISLATURE 186 00:06:46,001 --> 00:06:48,000 AND THE GOVERNOR. 187 00:06:48,001 --> 00:06:49,000 THE LOCAL AND STATE LEVELS, ALL 188 00:06:49,001 --> 00:06:51,000 THE WAY HERE TO WASHINGTON, 189 00:06:51,001 --> 00:06:53,000 THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT 190 00:06:53,001 --> 00:06:56,000 IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO ADDRESS OUR 191 00:06:56,001 --> 00:06:57,000 WATER ISSUES IN CALIFORNIA. 192 00:06:57,001 --> 00:06:59,000 SOME OF THEM I PREFER MORE THAN 193 00:06:59,001 --> 00:07:00,000 OTHERS. 194 00:07:00,001 --> 00:07:02,000 AND SOME OF THEM I PREFER -- ARE 195 00:07:02,001 --> 00:07:03,000 PREFERRED MORE THAN OTHERS BY MY 196 00:07:03,001 --> 00:07:04,000 COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 197 00:07:04,001 --> 00:07:07,000 THE AISLE. 198 00:07:07,001 --> 00:07:09,000 BUT ONE THING IS FOR SURE, 199 00:07:09,001 --> 00:07:13,000 LIMITING OUR STATE'S WATER 200 00:07:13,001 --> 00:07:14,000 SUPPLY BY HOLDING A RECYCLING 201 00:07:14,001 --> 00:07:16,000 PROJECT LIKE THOSE IN THIS BILL 202 00:07:16,001 --> 00:07:18,000 WILL NOT SOLVE ANYTHING. 203 00:07:18,001 --> 00:07:23,000 IN FACT, IT WILL ONLY PRONG 204 00:07:23,001 --> 00:07:24,000 SOLUTIONS TO CALIFORNIA'S WATER 205 00:07:24,001 --> 00:07:26,000 PROBLEMS. 206 00:07:26,001 --> 00:07:28,000 FOR THESE REASONS I STRONGLY SU 207 00:07:28,001 --> 00:07:30,000 UNDERLYING LEGISLATION AND I 208 00:07:30,001 --> 00:07:31,000 URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO DO THE 209 00:07:31,001 --> 00:07:32,000 SAME. 210 00:07:32,001 --> 00:07:34,000 MADAM SPEAKER, AGAIN I WANT TO 211 00:07:34,001 --> 00:07:35,000 THANK MR. MILLER AND THE 212 00:07:35,001 --> 00:07:37,000 COMMITTEE FOR THE WORK ON THIS 213 00:07:37,001 --> 00:07:38,000 BILL AND I RESERVE THE BALANCE 214 00:07:38,001 --> 00:07:40,000 OF MY TIME. 215 00:07:40,001 --> 00:07:42,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA. 216 00:07:42,001 --> 00:07:44,000 MR. DIAZ-BALART: THANK YOU. 217 00:07:44,001 --> 00:07:45,000 I'D LIKE TO THANK MY FRIEND, THE 218 00:07:45,001 --> 00:07:46,000 GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA, MS. 219 00:07:46,001 --> 00:07:48,000 MATSUI, FOR THE TIME AND I YIELD 220 00:07:48,001 --> 00:07:50,000 MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY 221 00:07:50,001 --> 00:07:51,000 CONSUME. 222 00:07:51,001 --> 00:07:52,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 223 00:07:52,001 --> 00:07:54,000 GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. 224 00:07:54,001 --> 00:07:56,000 MR. DIAZ-BALART: MADAM SPEAKER, THREE WEEKS AGO THE HOUSE 225 00:07:56,001 --> 00:07:58,000 CONSIDERED UNDER SUSPENSION OF 226 00:07:58,001 --> 00:08:01,000 THE RULES H.R. 2442, THE BAY 227 00:08:01,001 --> 00:08:06,000 AREA REGIONAL WATER RECYCLING 228 00:08:06,001 --> 00:08:10,000 BUT THE BILL FAILED TO GET THE 229 00:08:10,001 --> 00:08:12,000 NECESSARY 2/3 TO PASS. 230 00:08:12,001 --> 00:08:14,000 THE REASON THAT BILL FAILED WAS 231 00:08:14,001 --> 00:08:16,000 NOT BECAUSE MEMBERS OBJECTED TO 232 00:08:16,001 --> 00:08:18,000 THE SUBSTANCE OF THE LEGISLATION 233 00:08:18,001 --> 00:08:20,000 BUT BECAUSE THE MAJORITY 234 00:08:20,001 --> 00:08:21,000 LEADERSHIP BROUGHT FORTH THE 235 00:08:21,001 --> 00:08:24,000 UNDERLYING LEGISLATION THAT 236 00:08:24,001 --> 00:08:25,000 PROVIDES WATER PROJECTS FOR THE 237 00:08:25,001 --> 00:08:27,000 SAN FRANCISCO 238 00:08:27,001 --> 00:08:29,000 CONSIDERATION BY THE HOUSE WHILE 239 00:08:29,001 --> 00:08:31,000 BLOCKING THE HOUSE FROM DEBATING 240 00:08:31,001 --> 00:08:34,000 THE DESPERATE NEED FOR WATER IN 241 00:08:34,001 --> 00:08:36,000 ANOTHER PART OF CALIFORNIA, THE 242 00:08:36,001 --> 00:08:39,000 SAN WITH A KEEN VALLEY. 243 00:08:39,001 --> 00:08:42,000 ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, MY 244 00:08:42,001 --> 00:08:43,000 COLLEAGUE FROM CALIFORNIA, MR. 245 00:08:43,001 --> 00:08:49,000 NUNES, HAD SUBMITTED AMENDMENTS 246 00:08:49,001 --> 00:08:51,000 TO THE RULES COMMITTEE SO THAT THOSE AMENDMENTS COULD BE 247 00:08:51,001 --> 00:08:52,000 DEBATED AND VOTED ON BY THE FULL 248 00:08:52,001 --> 00:08:54,000 HOUSE. 249 00:08:54,001 --> 00:08:55,000 HIS AMENDMENTS WOULD RESTRICT 250 00:08:55,001 --> 00:08:57,000 THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 251 00:08:57,001 --> 00:08:58,000 DECEMBER 15, 2008, BIOLOGICAL 252 00:08:58,001 --> 00:09:01,000 OPINION ISSUED BY THE U.S. FISH 253 00:09:01,001 --> 00:09:04,000 AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AND THE 254 00:09:04,001 --> 00:09:06,000 JUNE 4, 2009, BIOLOGICAL ISSUED 255 00:09:06,001 --> 00:09:07,000 BY THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES 256 00:09:07,001 --> 00:09:10,000 SERVICE. 257 00:09:10,001 --> 00:09:12,000 HOWEVER, MAJORITY ON THE RULES COMMITTEE ROUTINELY BLOCK 258 00:09:12,001 --> 00:09:15,000 CONSIDERATION OF THE AMENDMENTS. 259 00:09:15,001 --> 00:09:16,000 TWICE ON THE INTERIOR 260 00:09:16,001 --> 00:09:18,000 APPROPRIATIONS BILL AND THREE 261 00:09:18,001 --> 00:09:19,000 TIMES ON THE ENERGY AND WATER 262 00:09:19,001 --> 00:09:23,000 APPROPRIATIONS BILL. 263 00:09:23,001 --> 00:09:25,000 THE REASON MR. NUNES HAS SO 264 00:09:25,001 --> 00:09:26,000 STEADFASTLY SOUGHT TO HAVE THE 265 00:09:26,001 --> 00:09:29,000 HOUSE DEBATE THE RESTRICTION ON 266 00:09:29,001 --> 00:09:33,000 THOSE TWO OPINIONS IS THAT THEY 267 00:09:33,001 --> 00:09:36,000 HAVE DIVERTED WA JOAQUIN VALLEY, PRACTICALLY 268 00:09:36,001 --> 00:09:38,000 TURNING THAT AREA INTO A DUST 269 00:09:38,001 --> 00:09:39,000 BOWL. 270 00:09:39,001 --> 00:09:41,000 MADAM SPEAKER, WHY SHOULD 271 00:09:41,001 --> 00:09:43,000 CONGRESS BE CONCERNED WITH WHAT 272 00:09:43,001 --> 00:09:46,000 MAY LOOK LIKE A SIMPLE WATER 273 00:09:46,001 --> 00:09:49,000 ISSUE? 274 00:09:49,001 --> 00:09:52,000 THE VALLEY IS HOME TO A $20 275 00:09:52,001 --> 00:09:53,000 BILLION CROP INDUSTRY AND THE 276 00:09:53,001 --> 00:09:56,000 REGION PRODUCES MORE IN 277 00:09:56,001 --> 00:09:58,000 AGCULTURAL SALES THAN ANY 278 00:09:58,001 --> 00:10:01,000 OTHER STATE IN THE COUNTRY. 279 00:10:01,001 --> 00:10:04,000 IT CAN BE ARGUED THAT N AGRICULTURAL AREA IN THE COUNTRY 280 00:10:04,001 --> 00:10:07,000 IS MORE PRODUCTIVE AND IS 281 00:10:07,001 --> 00:10:08,000 THEREFORE MORE IMPORTANT TOWER 282 00:10:08,001 --> 00:10:09,000 NATION'S FOOD SECURITY. 283 00:10:09,001 --> 00:10:11,000 IF WE CONTINUE TO ALLOW THE 284 00:10:11,001 --> 00:10:12,000 DIVERSION OF WATER FROM THE 285 00:10:12,001 --> 00:10:14,000 VAEY, FOOD PRICES ARE GOING TO 286 00:10:14,001 --> 00:10:16,000 INCREASE AND WE ALSO PUT OUR 287 00:10:16,001 --> 00:10:18,000 FOOD SECURITY, THE NATIONAL 288 00:10:18,001 --> 00:10:21,000 SECURITY, IN JEOPARDY. 289 00:10:21,001 --> 00:10:22,000 ACCORDING COULD TO A RECENT 290 00:10:22,001 --> 00:10:23,000 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS 291 00:10:23,001 --> 00:10:26,000 STUDY, THE WATER REDUCTIONS HAVE 292 00:10:26,001 --> 00:10:30,000 LED TO REVENUE LOSSES OF OVER $2 293 00:10:30,001 --> 00:10:32,000 BILLION AND THIS YEAR 294 00:10:32,001 --> 00:10:34,000 TO 80,000 JOBS LOST. 295 00:10:34,001 --> 00:10:36,000 THE AREA NOW H 296 00:10:36,001 --> 00:10:39,000 RATE OF ABOUT 20%. 297 00:10:39,001 --> 00:10:44,000 SOME OF ITS COMMUNITIES HAVE AN 298 00:10:44,001 --> 00:10:46,000 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF NEARLY 40%. 299 00:10:46,001 --> 00:10:50,000 TODAY THE AJORITY COMES TO THE 300 00:10:50,001 --> 00:10:53,000 FLOOR WITH A RULE THAT THE HOUSE 301 00:10:53,001 --> 00:10:55,000 WIL ONCE AGAIN CONSIDER THE BAY 302 00:10:55,001 --> 00:10:59,000 AREA REGIONAL WATER RECY 303 00:10:59,001 --> 00:11:00,000 PROGRAM EXPANSION ACT WITHOUT 304 00:11:00,001 --> 00:11:02,000 GIVING THE HOUSE THE OPPORTUNITY 305 00:11:02,001 --> 00:11:04,000 TO CONSIDER AMENDMENTS INCLUDING 306 00:11:04,001 --> 00:11:07,000 THOSE PROPOSED BY MR. NUNES. 307 00:11:07,001 --> 00:11:08,000 THAT IS MOST UNFORTUNATE. 308 00:11:08,001 --> 00:11:15,000 IT IS TIME THAT THE HOUSE BE 309 00:11:15,001 --> 00:11:17,000 T JOAQUIN VALLEY WATER ISSUE. 310 00:11:17,001 --> 00:11:18,000 I RESERVE. 311 00:11:18,001 --> 00:11:20,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 312 00:11:20,001 --> 00:11:21,000 GENTLELADY FROM CALIFORNIA. 313 00:11:21,001 --> 00:11:22,000 MS. MATSUI: 314 00:11:22,001 --> 00:11:23,000 YIELD THREE MINUTES TO THE 315 00:11:23,001 --> 00:11:25,000 GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA, THE 316 00:11:25,001 --> 00:11:30,000 SPONSOR OF THE LEGISLATION, MR. 317 00:11:30,001 --> 00:11:32,000 MILLER. 318 00:11:32,001 --> 00:11:34,000 MAY I AMEND THAT, PLEASE? 319 00:11:34,001 --> 00:11:35,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 320 00:11:35,001 --> 00:11:37,000 GENTLELADY IS RECOGNIZED. 321 00:11:37,001 --> 00:11:38,000 MS. MATSUI: MADAM SPEAKER, I 322 00:11:38,001 --> 00:11:41,000 YIELD TWO MINUTES TO THE 323 00:11:41,001 --> 00:11:42,000 MEMBER OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES 324 00:11:42,001 --> 00:11:43,000 COMMITTEE, MRS. NAPOLITANO. 325 00:11:43,001 --> 00:11:45,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 326 00:11:45,001 --> 00:11:46,000 G 327 00:11:46,001 --> 00:11:47,000 MRS. NAPOLITANO: THANK YOU, 328 00:11:47,001 --> 00:11:48,000 MADAM SPEAKER, AND THANK YOU, 329 00:11:48,001 --> 00:11:50,000 MS. MATSUI. 330 00:11:50,001 --> 00:11:51,000 I RISE TODAY IN STRONG SUPPORT 331 00:11:51,001 --> 00:11:52,000 OF H.R. 2442, THE BAY AREA 332 00:11:52,001 --> 00:11:54,000 REGIONAL WATER RECYCLING PROGRAM 333 00:11:54,001 --> 00:11:57,000 EXPANSION ACT OF 2009. 334 00:11:57,001 --> 00:11:59,000 THE BILL HAS RECEIVED EXTENSIVE 335 00:11:59,001 --> 00:12:01,000 REVIEW AND BIPARTISAN APPROVAL 336 00:12:01,001 --> 00:12:05,000 FROM THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF WATER 337 00:12:05,001 --> 00:12:07,000 AND POWER AND WAS REPORTED ON A 338 00:12:07,001 --> 00:12:09,000 BIPARTISAN BASIS FAVORABLY FROM 339 00:12:09,001 --> 00:12:12,000 THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMITTEE. 340 00:12:12,001 --> 00:12:14,000 WHEN I LISTENED TO MY COLLEAGUE, 341 00:12:14,001 --> 00:12:17,000 I LISTENED TO MY COLLEAGUE ON 342 00:12:17,001 --> 00:12:20,000 THE OTHER SIDE TALK ABOUT THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, YES, 343 00:12:20,001 --> 00:12:21,000 THERE'S A GREAT NEED OF 344 00:12:21,001 --> 00:12:23,000 ASS 345 00:12:23,001 --> 00:12:25,000 BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS SAN JOAQUIN. 346 00:12:25,001 --> 00:12:28,000 AND THE FACT THAT THE DAM IS 347 00:12:28,001 --> 00:12:30,000 GOING TO BE WANTING TO BE PUSHED 348 00:12:30,001 --> 00:12:31,000 FORTH, I'LL AGREE, WE NEED 349 00:12:31,001 --> 00:12:34,000 ADDITIONAL STORAGE. 350 00:12:34,001 --> 00:12:36,000 BUT RIGHT NOW YOU NEED IMMEDIATE 351 00:12:36,001 --> 00:12:39,000 RESULTS IN WATER -- AND WATER 352 00:12:39,001 --> 00:12:41,000 RECYCLING IS ONE OF THE TOOLS 353 00:12:41,001 --> 00:12:44,000 YU NEED. 354 00:12:44,001 --> 00:12:46,000 H.R. 2442 PROVIDES NEW WATER TO 355 00:12:46,001 --> 00:12:50,000 THE BAY AREA IN CALIFORNIA. 356 00:12:50,001 --> 00:12:54,000 THE RECYCLING PROJECT WILL 357 00:12:54,001 --> 00:12:55,000 PROVIDE $2.6 -- 2.6 BILLION 358 00:12:55,001 --> 00:12:57,000 GALLONS OF WATER, NEARLY ENOUGH 359 00:12:57,001 --> 00:12:58,000 TO MEET THE NEEDS OF 24,000 360 00:12:58,001 --> 00:13:00,000 FAMILIES. 361 00:13:00,001 --> 00:13:01,000 WHY DO WE STAND AGAINST WATER 362 00:13:01,001 --> 00:13:03,000 FOR OTHER AREAS? 363 00:13:03,001 --> 00:13:04,000 ALL OF US NEED ADDITIONAL WATER 364 00:13:04,001 --> 00:13:06,000 IN CALIFORNIA. 365 00:13:06,001 --> 00:13:07,000 WATER IS LIFE AND AS WE ALL ARE 366 00:13:07,001 --> 00:13:10,000 VERY WELL AWARE, THE DROUGHT IN 367 00:13:10,001 --> 00:13:13,000 CALIFORNIA HAS TAKE AN TERRIBLE 368 00:13:13,001 --> 00:13:15,000 TOLL ON JOBS, ALL OVER THE 369 00:13:15,001 --> 00:13:17,000 STATE. THE ECONOMY AND THE ENVIRONMENT 370 00:13:17,001 --> 00:13:18,000 OF THE CENTRAL VALLEY AND 371 00:13:18,001 --> 00:13:20,000 CALIFORNIA IN PARTICULAR. 372 00:13:20,001 --> 00:13:21,000 IN A TIME WHEN OUR NATION PLEADS 373 00:13:21,001 --> 00:13:23,000 LEADERSHIP AND OPTION TO MEET 374 00:13:23,001 --> 00:13:26,000 OUR WATER REQUIREMENTS, H.R. 375 00:13:26,001 --> 00:13:31,000 2442 PROVIDES A TOOL TO CREATE 376 00:13:31,001 --> 00:13:33,000 IN THE PROCESS REDUCE THE AMOUNT 377 00:13:33,001 --> 00:13:35,000 OF WATER IMPORTED FROM THE 378 00:13:35,001 --> 00:13:38,000 SACRAMENTO AND BAY DELTA AREA. 379 00:13:38,001 --> 00:13:39,000 THIS BILL AND THE PROJEC 380 00:13:39,001 --> 00:13:43,000 AUTHORIZES WILL IMMEDIATELY 381 00:13:43,001 --> 00:13:44,000 ADDRESS CALIFORNIA'S WATER 382 00:13:44,001 --> 00:13:45,000 CRISIS THROUGH LOCAL ACTION AND 383 00:13:45,001 --> 00:13:47,000 PROVIDE ECONOMIC RELIEF THROUGH 384 00:13:47,001 --> 00:13:49,000 JOB CREATION. 385 00:13:49,001 --> 00:13:51,000 IT WILL NOT SOLVE CALIFORNIA'S 386 00:13:51,001 --> 00:13:53,000 WATER CRISIS AS MS. MATSUI 387 00:13:53,001 --> 00:13:56,000 POINTED OUT, HOWEV 388 00:13:56,001 --> 00:13:57,000 PROVIDE A VALUABLE AND IMPORTANT 389 00:13:57,001 --> 00:14:00,000 TOL -- MAY I HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 390 00:14:00,001 --> 00:14:01,000 15 SECONDS? 391 00:14:01,001 --> 00:14:02,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 392 00:14:02,001 --> 00:14:03,000 GENTLELADY IS RECOGNIZED. 393 00:14:03,001 --> 00:14:05,000 MRS. NAPOLITANO: THANK YOU, 394 00:14:05,001 --> 00:14:06,000 MADAM CHAIR. 395 00:14:06,001 --> 00:14:07,000 IT PROVIDES A VALUABLE IMPORTANT 396 00:14:07,001 --> 00:14:08,000 TOOL TO STRETCH THE EXISTING 397 00:14:08,001 --> 00:14:10,000 WATER SUPPLY AND ADDRESS THE 398 00:14:10,001 --> 00:14:12,000 CRITICAL WATER ISSUES OF OUR 399 00:14:12,001 --> 00:14:13,000 STATE. 400 00:14:13,001 --> 00:14:15,000 I URGE STRONGLY A YES VOTE AND 401 00:14:15,001 --> 00:14:16,000 ENCOURAGE ALL MEMBERS TO SUPPORT 402 00:14:16,001 --> 00:14:18,000 THIS LEGISLATION. 403 00:14:18,001 --> 00:14:19,000 WATER FOR OUR NATION IS CRITICAL 404 00:14:19,001 --> 00:14:22,000 FOR ALL OF OUR CITIZENS AND WE 405 00:14:22,001 --> 00:14:24,000 AS LEGISLATIVE LEADERS HAVE T 406 00:14:24,001 --> 00:14:25,000 PROVIDE SOLUTIONS. 407 00:14:25,001 --> 00:14:27,000 THANK YOU. 408 00:14:27,001 --> 00:14:28,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 409 00:14:28,001 --> 00:14:30,000 GENTLEMAN FROM FLORA. 410 00:14:30,001 --> 00:14:32,000 MR. DIAZ-BALART: I YIELD THREE MINUTES TO MY FRIEND FROM 411 00:14:32,001 --> 00:14:34,000 CALIFORNIA, MR. NUNES. 412 00:14:34,001 --> 00:14:36,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. 413 00:14:36,001 --> 00:14:37,000 MR. NUNES: I THANK MY GOOD 414 00:14:37,001 --> 00:14:38,000 FRIEND FROM FLORIDA. 415 00:14:38,001 --> 00:14:40,000 MADAM SPEAKER, THIS WATER CRISIS 416 00:14:40,001 --> 00:14:42,000 HAS BEEN CREATED BY THE 417 00:14:42,001 --> 00:14:44,000 GOVERNMENT. THIS BILL ON THE FLOOR TODAY 418 00:14:44,001 --> 00:14:45,000 PROVIDES WATER FOR SAN 419 00:14:45,001 --> 00:14:47,000 FRANCISCO. 420 00:14:47,001 --> 00:14:49,000 I'D LOVE FOR SAN FRANCISCO TO HAVE WATER BUT IN THE GRAND 421 00:14:49,001 --> 00:14:50,000 SCHEME OF THINGS THIS IS A TWO 422 00:14:50,001 --> 00:14:52,000 BILLION GRALEN PROJECT. 423 00:14:52,001 --> 00:14:53,000 WE'RE LOSING 200 BILLION GALLONS 424 00:14:53,001 --> 00:14:55,000 OUT TO THE OCEAN BECAUSE WE 425 00:14:55,001 --> 00:14:57,000 WON'T LET THE PUMPS RUN AT 426 00:14:57,001 --> 00:14:58,000 HISTORICAL LEVELS. 427 00:14:58,001 --> 00:15:00,000 SO THIS IS A CLOS RULE, IT 428 00:15:00,001 --> 00:15:02,000 NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN A CLOSED 429 00:15:02,001 --> 00:15:03,000 RULE AND WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHY 430 00:15:03,001 --> 00:15:08,000 IS IT THAT THE MAJORITY KEEPS 431 00:15:08,001 --> 00:15:10,000 CLOSING DOWN THESE RULES? 432 00:15:10,001 --> 00:15:12,000 AND I THINK WE MAY BE GETTING 433 00:15:12,001 --> 00:15:14,000 CLOSE TO THE ANSWER, IF WE LOOK 434 00:15:14,001 --> 00:15:16,000 BACK AT A FEW THINGS THAT WERE 435 00:15:16,001 --> 00:15:18,000 SAID A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AT A 436 00:15:18,001 --> 00:15:19,000 PUBLIC EVENT AT THE DEPARTMENT 437 00:15:19,001 --> 00:15:22,000 OF INTERIOR, THE DISTINGUISHED 438 00:15:22,001 --> 00:15:24,000 CHAIRMAN, THE SPONSOR OF THIS BILL, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE 439 00:15:24,001 --> 00:15:26,000 EDUCATION COMMITTEE, TOOK CREDIT 440 00:15:26,001 --> 00:15:30,000 FOR THE LAWSUITS THAT HAVE 441 00:15:30,001 --> 00:15:31,000 TURNED THE PUMPS OFF AND NOT 442 00:15:31,001 --> 00:15:32,000 QUITE SURE WHICH LAWSUIT HE HAD 443 00:15:32,001 --> 00:15:35,000 BROUGHT FORWARD, BUT HE SAID, I 444 00:15:35,001 --> 00:15:37,000 DON'T THINK I HAVE LOST MANY 445 00:15:37,001 --> 00:15:38,000 LAWSUITS IN COURT OVER THE LAST 446 00:15:38,001 --> 00:15:40,000 10 OR 15 YEARS. 447 00:15:40,001 --> 00:15:41,000 NOW, I DID S 448 00:15:41,001 --> 00:15:43,000 WASN'T SURE WHAT LAWSUITS THAT 449 00:15:43,001 --> 00:15:45,000 HE DISTINGUISHED CHAIR-HAD -- 450 00:15:45,001 --> 00:15:47,000 CHAIRMAN HAD 451 00:15:47,001 --> 00:15:49,000 THAT, MAYBE IS THERE SOME 452 00:15:49,001 --> 00:15:50,000 COORDINATION THAT'S GOING ON 453 00:15:50,001 --> 00:15:52,000 BETWEEN THE LEFT WING RADICALS 454 00:15:52,001 --> 00:15:54,000 AND THE FRINGE ENVIRONMENTAL 455 00:15:54,001 --> 00:15:56,000 MOVEMENT AND HAS THAT BEEN 456 00:15:56,001 --> 00:15:58,000 COORDINATED? 457 00:15:58,001 --> 00:16:01,000 THESE ARE QUESTIONS WE NEED TO 458 00:16:01,001 --> 00:16:07,000 KNOW ABOUT. 459 00:16:07,001 --> 00:16:09,000 AND SO THE SHOCKING THINGS 460 00:16:09,001 --> 00:16:10,000 DESERVES OUR ATTENTION. 461 00:16:10,001 --> 00:16:13,000 AND I WANT TO ASK A FEW 462 00:16:13,001 --> 00:16:14,000 QUESTIONTHAT I HOPE CAN BE 463 00:16:14,001 --> 00:16:16,000 AND AT SOME POINT BY SOME 464 00:16:16,001 --> 00:16:17,000 COMMITTEE IN THIS CONGRESS. 465 00:16:17,001 --> 00:16:19,000 FIRST IS, HOW MUCH MONEY IS 466 00:16:19,001 --> 00:16:20,000 GOING TO FUND THESE 467 00:16:20,001 --> 00:16:24,000 ORGANIZATIONS? 468 00:16:24,001 --> 00:16:25,000 DOLLARS THAT'S BEEN PAID OUT TO 469 00:16:25,001 --> 00:16:27,000 THESE FRINGE ENVIRONMENTAL 470 00:16:27,001 --> 00:16:29,000 GROUPS THAT CONTINUES TO BRING 471 00:16:29,001 --> 00:16:32,000 THESE LAWSUITS FORWARD. 472 00:16:32,001 --> 00:16:35,000 TAXPAYER DOLARS. 473 00:16:35,001 --> 00:16:36,000 FUNDING SHUTTING OFF WATER TO 474 00:16:36,001 --> 00:16:37,000 PEOPLE. 475 00:16:37,001 --> 00:16:39,000 THE SECOND THING IS THE 476 00:16:39,001 --> 00:16:41,000 NATI 477 00:16:41,001 --> 00:16:43,000 SERVICE, ARE THEY INVOLVED? 478 00:16:43,001 --> 00:16:45,000 HAD THESE RADICAL GROUPS BEEN 479 00:16:45,001 --> 00:16:46,000 COORDINATING WITH THE 480 00:16:46,001 --> 00:16:47,000 SCIENTISTS AND BIOLOGISTS OVER 481 00:16:47,001 --> 00:16:49,000 AT THE NATIONAL MARINE 482 00:16:49,001 --> 00:16:50,000 FISHERIES AGENCY? 483 00:16:50,001 --> 00:16:52,000 BECAUSE NOBODY IN THEIR RIGHT 484 00:16:52,001 --> 00:16:55,000 MIND WOULD SAY THAT THESE PUMPS 485 00:16:55,001 --> 00:16:57,000 ARE RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF 486 00:16:57,001 --> 00:17:00,000 KILLER WHALES. 487 00:17:00,001 --> 00:17:02,000 NOT BELIEVABLE. 488 00:17:02,001 --> 00:17:05,000 ANOTHER QUESTION WE NEED TO 489 00:17:05,001 --> 00:17:06,000 FIGURE OUT IS THE WATER CZAR 490 00:17:06,001 --> 00:17:08,000 THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR 491 00:17:08,001 --> 00:17:10,000 HAS APPOINTED, THAT PRESIDENT 492 00:17:10,001 --> 00:17:11,000 OBAMA HAS APPOINTED, HAS BEEN 493 00:17:11,001 --> 00:17:12,000 ACTIVE WITH THESE SPEAL 494 00:17:12,001 --> 00:17:13,000 INTERESTS IN THE PAST AT THE 495 00:17:13,001 --> 00:17:15,000 HIGHEST LEVELS. 496 00:17:15,001 --> 00:17:16,000 HE SERVED ON THEIR BOARD AND 497 00:17:16,001 --> 00:17:17,000 HE'S GIVING THEM MONEY. 498 00:17:17,001 --> 00:17:19,000 ARE THERE MORE PEOPLE AT 499 00:17:19,001 --> 00:17:20,000 INTERIOR THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH 500 00:17:20,001 --> 00:17:22,000 THESE BIOLOGISTS THAT ARE 501 00:17:22,001 --> 00:17:23,000 COMING UP WITH THESE PLANS AND 502 00:17:23,001 --> 00:17:25,000 HELPING THESE ENVIRONMENTAL 503 00:17:25,001 --> 00:17:27,000 GROUPS BRING THESE LAWSUITS 504 00:17:27,001 --> 00:17:29,000 THAT THE TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING 505 00:17:29,001 --> 00:17:31,000 FOR? 506 00:17:31,001 --> 00:17:33,000 SO THIS IS A CLOSED RULE WHERE 507 00:17:33,001 --> 00:17:36,000 THE CALIFORNIA WATER ISSUE HERE 508 00:17:36,001 --> 00:17:38,000 TO PROVIDE WATER TO SAN 509 00:17:38,001 --> 00:17:40,000 FRANCISCO, YET WE CAN'T EVEN 510 00:17:40,001 --> 00:17:44,000 DEBATE OR HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO 511 00:17:44,001 --> 00:17:45,000 PROVIDE WATER TO THE BULK OF 512 00:17:45,001 --> 00:17:46,000 CALIFORNIA. 513 00:17:46,001 --> 00:17:47,000 SO WE NEED TO GET TO THE BOTTOM 514 00:17:47,001 --> 00:17:49,000 OF THIS. 515 00:17:49,001 --> 00:17:50,000 HOPEFULLY WE WILL TURN DOWN 516 00:17:50,001 --> 00:17:53,000 THIS RULE, VOTE IT DOWN SO WE 517 00:17:53,001 --> 00:17:54,000 CAN ALLOW THE REAL ISSUES TO BE 518 00:17:54,001 --> 00:17:56,000 DEBATED. 519 00:17:56,001 --> 00:17:58,000 VOTE NO ON THIS R THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 520 00:17:58,001 --> 00:18:01,000 GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. 521 00:18:01,001 --> 00:18:03,000 THE GENTLELADY FROM CALIFORNIA. 522 00:18:03,001 --> 00:18:05,000 MS. MATSUI: MADAM SPEAKER, 523 00:18:05,001 --> 00:18:07,000 BEFORE I YIELD TO THE NEXT 524 00:18:07,001 --> 00:18:09,000 SPEAKER, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I KNOW THAT MY COLLEAGUE 525 00:18:09,001 --> 00:18:12,000 ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE 526 00:18:12,001 --> 00:18:14,000 IS UPSET BECAUSE HIS AMENDMENT 527 00:18:14,001 --> 00:18:16,000 WAS NOT 528 00:18:16,001 --> 00:18:17,000 THE FACT IS HIS AMENDMENT WAS 529 00:18:17,001 --> 00:18:19,000 NOT GERMANE ON THE UNDERLYING 530 00:18:19,001 --> 00:18:20,000 BILL AND NOT RELATED TO WATER 531 00:18:20,001 --> 00:18:22,000 RECYCLING. 532 00:18:22,001 --> 00:18:25,000 BLAMING THE ENDANGERED SPECIES 533 00:18:25,001 --> 00:18:26,000 ACT WILL NOT PUT HIS 534 00:18:26,001 --> 00:18:28,000 CONSTITUENTS BACK TO WORK. 535 00:18:28,001 --> 00:18:29,000 MORE IMPORTANTLY, SUCH AN 536 00:18:29,001 --> 00:18:31,000 INITIATIVE WILL N 537 00:18:31,001 --> 00:18:32,000 WATER PUMPS FOR THE CENTRAL 538 00:18:32,001 --> 00:18:34,000 VALLEY. 539 00:18:34,001 --> 00:18:36,000 TO ADDRESS THE DROUGHT, THE 540 00:18:36,001 --> 00:18:38,000 SHORTAGE IN THE REGION AND THE 541 00:18:38,001 --> 00:18:40,000 STATE, WE MUST WORK 542 00:18:40,001 --> 00:18:42,000 COLLECTIVELY TOWARD A SOLUTION. 543 00:18:42,001 --> 00:18:43,000 MAMENTS, I LIKE AT THIS TIME TO 544 00:18:43,001 --> 00:18:45,000 YIELD TWO MINUTES TO THE 545 00:18:45,001 --> 00:18:47,000 GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA, MR. 546 00:18:47,001 --> 00:18:49,000 COSTA. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 547 00:18:49,001 --> 00:18:50,000 GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. 548 00:18:50,001 --> 00:18:51,000 MR. COSTA: I THANK MY 549 00:18:51,001 --> 00:18:52,000 COLLEAGUE. 550 00:18:52,001 --> 00:18:54,000 I RISE TO OPPOSE H.R. 2442, THE 551 00:18:54,001 --> 00:18:55,000 RULE THAT WE ARE SPEAKING ON. 552 00:18:55,001 --> 00:18:58,000 THE BAY AREA REGIONAL WATER 553 00:18:58,001 --> 00:19:01,000 RECYCLING PROGRAM EXPANSION ACT 554 00:19:01,001 --> 00:19:04,000 OF 2009, WHILE THIS MEASURE BY 555 00:19:04,001 --> 00:19:05,000 CONGRESSMAN MILLER HAS MERIT, 556 00:19:05,001 --> 00:19:07,000 THERE ARE PLENTY OF MERITORIOUS 557 00:19:07,001 --> 00:19:08,000 WATER BILLS THAT WE HAVE 558 00:19:08,001 --> 00:19:13,000 REPEATEDLY TRIED TO BRING TO 559 00:19:13,001 --> 00:19:14,000 THE FLOOR TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE 560 00:19:14,001 --> 00:19:15,000 EXPERIENCING DROUGHT AND 561 00:19:15,001 --> 00:19:16,000 UNFORTUNATELY THEY HAVE BEEN 562 00:19:16,001 --> 00:19:18,000 IGNORED. 563 00:19:18,001 --> 00:19:19,000 UNFORTUNATELY YESTERDAY I 564 00:19:19,001 --> 00:19:21,000 LEARNED THAT H.R. 2442 WAS 565 00:19:21,001 --> 00:19:22,000 REPORTED OUT OF THE RULES 566 00:19:22,001 --> 00:19:23,000 COMMITTEE WITHOUT A -- WITH A 567 00:19:23,001 --> 00:19:24,000 CLOSED RULE. 568 00:19:24,001 --> 00:19:26,000 AND, THEREFORE, NO AMENDMENTS 569 00:19:26,001 --> 00:19:28,000 WOULBE ALLOWED. I OPPOSE THIS RULE BECAUSE WE 570 00:19:28,001 --> 00:19:29,000 NEED EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER 571 00:19:29,001 --> 00:19:31,000 AMENDMENTS AND TO VOTE ON 572 00:19:31,001 --> 00:19:33,000 LEGISLATION THAT WOULD BRING 573 00:19:33,001 --> 00:19:34,000 WATER TO OUR FARMERS, OUR FARM 574 00:19:34,001 --> 00:19:36,000 WORKERS, OUR FARM COMMUNITIES 575 00:19:36,001 --> 00:19:38,000 AND OUR VALLEY WHO IN 576 00:19:38,001 --> 00:19:40,000 MIDDLE OF THIS DROUGHT -- WHO 577 00:19:40,001 --> 00:19:44,000 DROUGHT CRISIS. 578 00:19:44,001 --> 00:19:46,000 TOWNS FROM ENDORA TO DELANO 579 00:19:46,001 --> 00:19:48,000 HAVE 40% UNEMPLOYMENT. 580 00:19:48,001 --> 00:19:49,000 NO WATER, THERE'S NO JOBS, NO 581 00:19:49,001 --> 00:19:51,000 MONEY. 582 00:19:51,001 --> 00:19:52,000 FOR FARMS AND FARM WORKERS TO 583 00:19:52,001 --> 00:19:54,000 PUT FOOD ON THEIR TABLES. 584 00:19:54,001 --> 00:19:55,000 CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD 585 00:19:55,001 --> 00:19:56,000 BE LIKE IF YOU LIVED IN A 586 00:19:56,001 --> 00:19:58,000 COMMUNITY WHERE A THIRD OR MORE 587 00:19:58,001 --> 00:20:00,000 OF YOUR CITIZENS HE NO JOBS? 588 00:20:00,001 --> 00:20:01,000 IN THE 1990'S I WAS WORKING 589 00:20:01,001 --> 00:20:03,000 WITH MANY OF THOSE WATER 590 00:20:03,001 --> 00:20:04,000 DI 591 00:20:04,001 --> 00:20:06,000 ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS TO PASS 592 00:20:06,001 --> 00:20:07,000 LEGISLATION THAT WOULD HELP FIX 593 00:20:07,001 --> 00:20:09,000 CALIFORNIA'S BROKEN WATER 594 00:20:09,001 --> 00:20:10,000 SYSTEM. 595 00:20:10,001 --> 00:20:11,000 UNFORTUNATELY, WE MADE LITTLE 596 00:20:11,001 --> 00:20:15,000 PROGRESS. 597 00:20:15,001 --> 00:20:16,000 WE TRIED TO ESTABLISH SOMETHING 598 00:20:16,001 --> 00:20:18,000 SO WE CAN GET HEALTHY AGAIN. 599 00:20:18,001 --> 00:20:20,000 OUR VALLEY AGRICULTURE PROVIDES 600 00:20:20,001 --> 00:20:21,000 HALF THE NATION'S FRUITS AND 601 00:20:21,001 --> 00:20:22,000 VEGETABLES AND THEY'RE 602 00:20:22,001 --> 00:20:24,000 WITHERING AND DYING OUT. 603 00:20:24,001 --> 00:20:26,000 MILLIONS OF ACRES OF FEET OF 604 00:20:26,001 --> 00:20:28,000 WATER HAVE BEEN DIVERTED FROM THE VALLEY AND UNFORTUNATELY 605 00:20:28,001 --> 00:20:29,000 THE FISHERIES ARE NOT 606 00:20:29,001 --> 00:20:30,000 IMPROVING. 607 00:20:30,001 --> 00:20:32,000 IT'S INCUMBENT UPON THIS BODY 608 00:20:32,001 --> 00:20:33,000 TO COME TOGETHER AND HELP US 609 00:20:33,001 --> 00:20:35,000 FIX THIS PROBLEM. 610 00:20:35,001 --> 00:20:38,000 WE EXPECT TO GET HEALTHY AGAIN, 611 00:20:38,001 --> 00:20:41,000 IF WE'RE ABLE TO DIT, WE MUST 612 00:20:41,001 --> 00:20:42,000 GET WATER FOR EVERY PART OF 613 00:20:42,001 --> 00:20:44,000 CALIFORNIA. 614 00:20:44,001 --> 00:20:46,000 THAT BEGINS WITH THE SAN 615 00:20:46,001 --> 00:20:47,000 JOAQUIN VALLEY LET US START 616 00:20:47,001 --> 00:20:48,000 ANEW. 617 00:20:48,001 --> 00:20:50,000 LET US START WITH LEADERSHIP 618 00:20:50,001 --> 00:20:52,000 FOCUSING ON CALIFORNIA'S WATER 619 00:20:52,001 --> 00:20:56,000 CRISIS ON THE VALLEY AND NOT 620 00:20:56,001 --> 00:20:57,000 SHYING AWAY FROM THIS CRISIS. 621 00:20:57,001 --> 00:20:58,000 CONGRESSMAN CARDOZA AGREES WITH 622 00:20:58,001 --> 00:21:00,000 THIS STATEMENT AND I'D LIKE 623 00:21:00,001 --> 00:21:01,000 UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO REVISE AND 624 00:21:01,001 --> 00:21:03,000 EXTEND MY REMAR 625 00:21:03,001 --> 00:21:04,000 WITH THAT I YIELD BACK. 626 00:21:04,001 --> 00:21:05,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: 627 00:21:05,001 --> 00:21:06,000 WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED. 628 00:21:06,001 --> 00:21:07,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA. 629 00:21:07,001 --> 00:21:09,000 MR. DIAZ-BALART: MADAM SPEAKER, 630 00:21:09,001 --> 00:21:10,000 I YIELD THREE MINUTES TO MY 631 00:21:10,001 --> 00:21:12,000 FRIEND FROM CALIFORNIA, MR. 632 00:21:12,001 --> 00:21:14,000 CAMPBELL. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 633 00:21:14,001 --> 00:21:15,000 GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. 634 00:21:15,001 --> 00:21:17,000 MR. CAMPBELL: I THANK THE 635 00:21:17,001 --> 00:21:19,000 GENTLEMAN FOR YIELDING. YOU KNOW, I AM A NATIVE 636 00:21:19,001 --> 00:21:20,000 CALIFORNIAN, BORN IN LOS 637 00:21:20,001 --> 00:21:21,000 ANGELES. 638 00:21:21,001 --> 00:21:23,000 IN FACT, I AM A FOURTH 639 00:21:23,001 --> 00:21:25,000 GENERATION CALIFORNIAN. MY FAMILY WAS A GOLD RUSH 640 00:21:25,001 --> 00:21:26,000 FAMILY IN 1849. 641 00:21:26,001 --> 00:21:27,000 IF YOU LOOK BACK ON THE HISTORY 642 00:21:27,001 --> 00:21:29,000 OF CALIFORNIA FOR THOSE 160 643 00:21:29,001 --> 00:21:30,000 YEARS, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT 644 00:21:30,001 --> 00:21:32,000 WATER. 645 00:21:32,001 --> 00:21:33,000 WHERE THERE'S WATER, WHERE WE 646 00:21:33,001 --> 00:21:34,000 COULD GET WATER IN CALIFORNIA 647 00:21:34,001 --> 00:21:35,000 THERE IS JOBS, THERE IS GROWTH, 648 00:21:35,001 --> 00:21:36,000 THERE'S PROSPERITY. 649 00:21:36,001 --> 00:21:39,000 THERE I 650 00:21:39,001 --> 00:21:42,000 AND WE DIDN'T BRING WATER TO PLACES IN CALIFORNIA, WE DIDN'T 651 00:21:42,001 --> 00:21:43,000 HAVE THOSE THINGS. 652 00:21:43,001 --> 00:21:47,000 SO THIS DEBATE WE ARE HAVING 653 00:21:47,001 --> 00:21:49,000 NOW IS NOT NEW FOR OUR STATE. 654 00:21:49,001 --> 00:21:51,000 BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR 655 00:21:51,001 --> 00:21:53,000 STATE. 656 00:21:53,001 --> 00:21:55,000 AND I UNDERSTAND WHY MY 657 00:21:55,001 --> 00:21:57,000 COLLEAGUES FROM THE BAY AREA 658 00:21:57,001 --> 00:21:59,000 WANT THIS RECYCLING PROGRAM, AS 659 00:21:59,001 --> 00:22:00,000 HA 660 00:22:00,001 --> 00:22:01,000 REALLY THE ISSUE HERE. 661 00:22:01,001 --> 00:22:03,000 AS MY COLLEAGUE, MR. MILLER AND 662 00:22:03,001 --> 00:22:05,000 I HAVE DISCUSSED, IN ORANGE 663 00:22:05,001 --> 00:22:07,000 COUNTY WHERE I COME FROM WE 664 00:22:07,001 --> 00:22:09,000 HAVE SOME OF THE WORLS 665 00:22:09,001 --> 00:22:11,000 LEADING RECYCLING PROGRAMS. 666 00:22:11,001 --> 00:22:12,000 THEY WORK, THEY'RE EFFECTIVE. 667 00:22:12,001 --> 00:22:14,000 WE OUGHT TO DO MORE OF THEM IN 668 00:22:14,001 --> 00:22:15,000 OTHER PLACES. 669 00:22:15,001 --> 00:22:17,000 BUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 670 00:22:17,001 --> 00:22:19,000 HERE IS THAT THERE'S OTHER 671 00:22:19,001 --> 00:22:21,000 PLACES WHERE WE NEED WATER IN 672 00:22:21,001 --> 00:22:24,000 CALIFORNIA. NOW, I DON'T REPRESENT THE 673 00:22:24,001 --> 00:22:26,000 CENTRAL VALLEY, BUT THE CENTRAL 674 00:22:26,001 --> 00:22:27,000 VALLEY IS THE BREADBASKET OF 675 00:22:27,001 --> 00:22:28,000 CALIFORNIA, ARGUABLY THE 676 00:22:28,001 --> 00:22:30,000 COUNTRY. 677 00:22:30,001 --> 00:22:31,000 AND HERE ARE JOBS DISAPPEARING 678 00:22:31,001 --> 00:22:32,000 AND THERE ARE BUSINESSES 679 00:22:32,001 --> 00:22:34,000 DISAPPEARING, THERE ARE FARMS 680 00:22:34,001 --> 00:22:36,000 DISAPPEARING BECAUSE OF A 681 00:22:36,001 --> 00:22:37,000 MANMADE WATER CRISIS, NOT 682 00:22:37,001 --> 00:22:38,000 BECAUSE OF A DROUGHT, NOT 683 00:22:38,001 --> 00:22:39,000 BECAUSE THE WATER ISN'T 684 00:22:39,001 --> 00:22:41,000 VABLING. 685 00:22:41,001 --> 00:22:42,000 IT'S BECAUSE WE DON'T TURN ON 686 00:22:42,001 --> 00:22:44,000 SOME PUMPS 12 MONTHS A YEAR TO 687 00:22:44,001 --> 00:22:45,000 PROVIDE WA 688 00:22:45,001 --> 00:22:48,000 SO THEY CAN GROW FOOD FOR US 689 00:22:48,001 --> 00:22:50,000 AND FOR THE WORLD. 690 00:22:50,001 --> 00:22:52,000 TO CREATE JOBS AND TO FEED 691 00:22:52,001 --> 00:22:54,000 AMERICANS AND GENERATE EXPORTS 692 00:22:54,001 --> 00:22:56,000 FOR OUR ECONOMY. 693 00:22:56,001 --> 00:22:59,000 AND THE WATER PROVIDED BY THOSE 694 00:22:59,001 --> 00:23:00,000 PUMPS 25% OF THE WATER IN 695 00:23:00,001 --> 00:23:01,000 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN THE L.A. 696 00:23:01,001 --> 00:23:03,000 AREA ALSO COME FROM THE 697 00:23:03,001 --> 00:23:08,000 SACRAMENTO RIVER DELTA WHERE 698 00:23:08,001 --> 00:23:09,000 THE TRAVESTY OF THIS BIL IS 699 00:23:09,001 --> 00:23:12,000 NOT WHAT IS IN IT. 700 00:23:12,001 --> 00:23:18,000 IT'S WHAT IS NOT IN IT. 701 00:23:18,001 --> 00:23:19,000 IS THE OPPORTUNI TO TURN ON 702 00:23:19,001 --> 00:23:21,000 THOSE PUMPS, TO PROVIDE -- 703 00:23:21,001 --> 00:23:23,000 WHICH HAVE BEEN RUNNING 12 704 00:23:23,001 --> 00:23:25,000 MONTHS A YEAR FOR 50 YEARS. 705 00:23:25,001 --> 00:23:27,000 IT'S NOT LIKE THIS IS A NEW 706 00:23:27,001 --> 00:23:29,000 IDEA AND NEW ENVIRONMENT. 707 00:23:29,001 --> 00:23:31,000 IT'S TO GET THAT WATER FOR SAN 708 00:23:31,001 --> 00:23:33,000 FRANCISCO AND THAT'S GREAT. 709 00:23:33,001 --> 00:23:35,000 BUT LET'S GET WATER FOR THE 710 00:23:35,001 --> 00:23:36,000 CENTRAL VALLEY AND FARMERS IN 711 00:23:36,001 --> 00:23:38,000 CALIFORNIA, AND LET'S GET WATER 712 00:23:38,001 --> 00:23:39,000 FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AS 713 00:23:39,001 --> 00:23:40,000 WELL. 714 00:23:40,001 --> 00:23:41,000 LET'S NOT JUST DEAL WITH ONE 715 00:23:41,001 --> 00:23:44,000 PART OF THE STATE. 716 00:23:44,001 --> 00:23:45,000 LET'S DEAL WITH A WHOLE STATE. 717 00:23:45,001 --> 00:23:47,000 AND SO, MADAM SPEAKER, I WOULD 718 00:23:47,001 --> 00:23:50,000 ASK THAT WE REJECT THIS RULE 719 00:23:50,001 --> 00:23:52,000 BECAUSE OF WHAT IT DOESN'T 720 00:23:52,001 --> 00:23:54,000 HAVE. 721 00:23:54,001 --> 00:23:55,000 LET'S GIVE THE CENTRAL VALLEY A 722 00:23:55,001 --> 00:23:57,000 CHANCE. 723 00:23:57,001 --> 00:23:59,000 WE NEED JOBS. WE NEED ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. 724 00:23:59,001 --> 00:24:01,000 TURN THOSE PUMPS ON. 725 00:24:01,001 --> 00:24:03,000 TURN THIS RULE DOWN. 726 00:24:03,001 --> 00:24:05,000 I YIELD BA MY TIME. 727 00:24:05,001 --> 00:24:07,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 728 00:24:07,001 --> 00:24:08,000 GENTLELADY FROM CALIFORNIA. 729 00:24:08,001 --> 00:24:10,000 MS. MATSUI: MADA 730 00:24:10,001 --> 00:24:11,000 YIELD FOUR MINUTES TO THE 731 00:24:11,001 --> 00:24:13,000 GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA, THE 732 00:24:13,001 --> 00:24:14,000 SPONSOR OF THIS LEGISLA 733 00:24:14,001 --> 00:24:16,000 MR. MILLER. 734 00:24:16,001 --> 00:24:18,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. 735 00:24:18,001 --> 00:24:19,000 MR. MILLER: MADAM SPEAKER, I 736 00:24:19,001 --> 00:24:20,000 RISE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE 737 00:24:20,001 --> 00:24:21,000 RULE AND THE UNDERLYING 738 00:24:21,001 --> 00:24:23,000 LEGISLATION. 739 00:24:23,001 --> 00:24:25,000 I WANT TO THANK MS. MATSUI AND 740 00:24:25,001 --> 00:24:26,000 MS. SLAUGHTER AND THE ENTIRE 741 00:24:26,001 --> 00:24:27,000 RULES COMMITTEE FOR THEIR 742 00:24:27,001 --> 00:24:29,000 SUPPORT. 743 00:24:29,001 --> 00:24:30,000 TODAY'S BILL SPONDS TO 744 00:24:30,001 --> 00:24:31,000 REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE 745 00:24:31,001 --> 00:24:32,000 STATE OF CALIFORNIA LOCAL WATER 746 00:24:32,001 --> 00:24:33,000 MANAGERS TO EXPAND THSUPPLY 747 00:24:33,001 --> 00:24:35,000 OF WATER IN OUR 748 00:24:35,001 --> 00:24:36,000 DROUGHT-STRICKEN STATE. 749 00:24:36,001 --> 00:24:38,000 IT DOES NO MORE THAN THAT. 750 00:24:38,001 --> 00:24:39,000 IT IS GOOD FOR OUR ECONOMY. 751 00:24:39,001 --> 00:24:40,000 THIS BILL WILL CREATE THOUSANDS 752 00:24:40,001 --> 00:24:41,000 OF JOBS. 753 00:24:41,001 --> 00:24:42,000 IT WILL HELP REDUCE THE STRESS 754 00:24:42,001 --> 00:24:45,000 ON OUR FRESHWATER SYSTEM. 755 00:24:45,001 --> 00:24:47,000 THIS BILL EXPANDS THE WATER 756 00:24:47,001 --> 00:24:48,000 SUPPLY OF 50 BAY AREA 757 00:24:48,001 --> 00:24:50,000 COMMUNITIES. 758 00:24:50,001 --> 00:24:51,000 THIS BILL AUTHORIZES WATER 759 00:24:51,001 --> 00:24:52,000 RECYCLING THROUGH THE 760 00:24:52,001 --> 00:24:54,000 SUCCESSFUL BUREAU OF 761 00:24:54,001 --> 00:24:57,000 RECLAMATION TITLE 16 PROGRAM. 762 00:24:57,001 --> 00:24:59,000 TITLE 16 ALLOWS LOCAL WATE 763 00:24:59,001 --> 00:25:00,000 MANAGERS TO USE THE CLEAN 764 00:25:00,001 --> 00:25:01,000 RECYCLED WATER FOR OTHER 765 00:25:01,001 --> 00:25:03,000 PURPOSES WITHIN THEIR 766 00:25:03,001 --> 00:25:07,000 JURISDICTION. 767 00:25:07,001 --> 00:25:09,000 THIS BILL WOULD ADD 7.2 GALLONS 768 00:25:09,001 --> 00:25:11,000 OF WATER PER DAY, ENOUGH WATER 769 00:25:11,001 --> 00:25:13,000 TO THE NEEDS OF 24,000 -- 770 00:25:13,001 --> 00:25:14,000 24,000 HOUSEHOLDS. 771 00:25:14,001 --> 00:25:16,000 MY BILL IS ONE OF A SERIES OF 772 00:25:16,001 --> 00:25:18,000 WATER RECYCLING BILLS THAT'S 773 00:25:18,001 --> 00:25:19,000 BEEN APP 774 00:25:19,001 --> 00:25:21,000 YEAR. 775 00:25:21,001 --> 00:25:23,000 IN RECENT YEARS TO EXPAND THE 776 00:25:23,001 --> 00:25:25,000 WATER SUPPLY AND REPUBLICAN AND 777 00:25:25,001 --> 00:25:27,000 DEMOCRATIC DISTRICTS ALIKE 778 00:25:27,001 --> 00:25:28,000 THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH AND 779 00:25:28,001 --> 00:25:30,000 SOUTHWEST. 780 00:25:30,001 --> 00:25:31,000 THEY HAVE BEEN PASSED WITHOUT 781 00:25:31,001 --> 00:25:32,000 DEBATE ON THE CALIFORNIA WATER 782 00:25:32,001 --> 00:25:34,000 POLICY NEEDS. 783 00:25:34,001 --> 00:25:38,000 THIS BILL PASSED BY VOICE VOTE 784 00:25:38,001 --> 00:25:40,000 AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY -- 785 00:25:40,001 --> 00:25:41,000 FIVE BILLS TO PROVIDE FOR THIS 786 00:25:41,001 --> 00:25:43,000 RECYCLING AND THIS REUSE. 787 00:25:43,001 --> 00:25:45,000 WHY IS TH 788 00:25:45,001 --> 00:25:48,000 BECAUSE ACROSS THE STATE OF 789 00:25:48,001 --> 00:25:50,000 CALIFORNIA, ACROSS THE STATE OF 790 00:25:50,001 --> 00:25:51,000 CALIFORNIA THE WATER USERS IN 791 00:25:51,001 --> 00:25:52,000 THAT STATE RECOGNIZE THE EXTENT 792 00:25:52,001 --> 00:25:53,000 TO WHICH WE CAN RECYCLE AND 793 00:25:53,001 --> 00:25:55,000 REUSE WATER. 794 00:25:55,001 --> 00:25:58,000 WE TAKE THE IMMEDIATE PRESSURE 795 00:25:58,001 --> 00:25:59,000 OFF OF THE ENTIRE CALIFORNIA 796 00:25:59,001 --> 00:26:00,000 WATER SYSTEM, BOTH THE FEDERAL 797 00:26:00,001 --> 00:26:02,000 SYSTEM AND THE STATE SYSTEM. 798 00:26:02,001 --> 00:26:04,000 HIS IS AN INVESTMENT IN WHICH 799 00:26:04,001 --> 00:26:05,000 THERE IS UNANIMITY THAT MUST BE 800 00:26:05,001 --> 00:26:07,000 MADE. 801 00:26:07,001 --> 00:26:08,000 WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DOING THIS 802 00:26:08,001 --> 00:26:11,000 YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT HELPING 803 00:26:11,001 --> 00:26:12,000 THE CENTRAL VALLEY BECAUSE YOU 804 00:26:12,001 --> 00:26:13,000 RELEASE THE PRESSURE. 805 00:26:13,001 --> 00:26:15,000 YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT HELPING 806 00:26:15,001 --> 00:26:16,000 THE DELTA. 807 00:26:16,001 --> 00:26:17,000 CLEARLY THE CITIES, THE WATER 808 00:26:17,001 --> 00:26:19,000 AGENCIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 809 00:26:19,001 --> 00:26:20,000 BELIEVE THIS IS IMPORTANT TO 810 00:26:20,001 --> 00:26:22,000 THEIR FUTURE. 811 00:26:22,001 --> 00:26:24,000 THAT'S WHY THE CITIES THAT PUT UP THE MONEY TO MATCH THE 812 00:26:24,001 --> 00:26:27,000 FEDERAL EFFORT, THAT'S WHY MY 813 00:26:27,001 --> 00:26:28,000 COLLEAGUES FROM BOTH SIDES OF 814 00:26:28,001 --> 00:26:30,000 THE AISLE HAVE COME FORWARD AND 815 00:26:30,001 --> 00:26:34,000 ASKED FOR THIS LEGISLATION. THAT'S WHY THEY'VE BEEN 816 00:26:34,001 --> 00:26:35,000 APPROVED OVERWHELMINGLY ON A 817 00:26:35,001 --> 00:26:36,000 UNANIMOUS BIPARTISAN BASIS 818 00:26:36,001 --> 00:26:38,000 BECAUSE THEY'RE CRITICAL TO THE 819 00:26:38,001 --> 00:26:40,000 LONG-TERM WATER NEEDS. 820 00:26:40,001 --> 00:26:42,000 YOU CANNOT HELP THE CENTRAL 821 00:26:42,001 --> 00:26:45,000 VALLEY IF YOU CANNOT RELIEVE 822 00:26:45,001 --> 00:26:46,000 THE STRESS ON AN OVERSUBSCRIBED 823 00:26:46,001 --> 00:26:50,000 SYSTEM. 824 00:26:50,001 --> 00:26:51,000 IT'S JUST THAT FACT. 825 00:26:51,001 --> 00:26:52,000 THE PUMPS HAVE BEEN ON, THE 826 00:26:52,001 --> 00:26:54,000 PUMPS HAVE BEEN ON FOR MONTHS. 827 00:26:54,001 --> 00:26:55,000 YOU DEVASTATE THE SAN FRANCISCO 828 00:26:55,001 --> 00:26:56,000 BAY AREA. 829 00:26:56,001 --> 00:26:57,000 WE ALREADY LOST TENS OF 830 00:26:57,001 --> 00:26:59,000 THOUSANDS OF JOBS FROM THE 831 00:26:59,001 --> 00:27:02,000 FISHERIES, FROM THE GAS 832 00:27:02,001 --> 00:27:05,000 BUSINESS, FROM THE LOSS OF THE 833 00:27:05,001 --> 00:27:07,000 SALMON RUNNERY ALL THE WAY UP TO THE WASHINGTON BORDER. 834 00:27:07,001 --> 00:27:08,000 AND THOSE JOBS HAVE BEEN 835 00:27:08,001 --> 00:27:10,000 IMPACTED. 836 00:27:10,001 --> 00:27:11,000 THIS IS NOT A GOOD SITUATION. 837 00:27:11,001 --> 00:27:13,000 THAT'S WHY I SAID WHEN I SAID I 838 00:27:13,001 --> 00:27:15,000 HAVEN'T LOST MANY LOSSES THAT I 839 00:27:15,001 --> 00:27:16,000 SUPPORTED COMNG TO THIS -- THE 840 00:27:16,001 --> 00:27:18,000 POINT WAS TO CHECK YOUR GUNS AT 841 00:27:18,001 --> 00:27:19,000 THE DOOR AND SEE IF WE COULD 842 00:27:19,001 --> 00:27:21,000 WORK TOGETHER. 843 00:27:21,001 --> 00:27:22,000 AND THIS HAS AN AGREEMENT. 844 00:27:22,001 --> 00:27:23,000 THIS HAS UNANIMOUS AGREEMENT OF 845 00:27:23,001 --> 00:27:25,000 THE WATER AGENCIES ACROSS THE 846 00:27:25,001 --> 00:27:26,000 STATE THAT THIS IS HELPFUL. 847 00:27:26,001 --> 00:27:28,000 THIS WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 848 00:27:28,001 --> 00:27:29,000 AND THAT'S WHY THEY'VE 849 00:27:29,001 --> 00:27:31,000 SUPPORTED ALL THESE PROJECTS. 850 00:27:31,001 --> 00:27:32,000 AND WE COULD START TO WORK 851 00:27:32,001 --> 00:27:33,000 TOGETHER. 852 00:27:33,001 --> 00:27:35,000 WATER AGENCIES TODAY DOWN AT 853 00:27:35,001 --> 00:27:36,000 THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR 854 00:27:36,001 --> 00:27:37,000 TRYING TO SEE IF WE CAN GET 855 00:27:37,001 --> 00:27:39,000 THINGS DONE THAT THE LAST 856 00:27:39,001 --> 00:27:44,000 ADMINISTRATION PROHIBITED THE 857 00:27:44,001 --> 00:27:45,000 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION DOING 858 00:27:45,001 --> 00:27:48,000 SCREENS ENTERIN 859 00:27:48,001 --> 00:27:50,000 WE THINK WOULD SAVE 250,000 860 00:27:50,001 --> 00:27:51,000 ACRE-FEET OF WATER. 861 00:27:51,001 --> 00:27:52,000 BUT THED A LAST ADMINISTRATION 862 00:27:52,001 --> 00:27:54,000 WOULD NOT LET THE BUREAU OF 863 00:27:54,001 --> 00:27:55,000 RECLAMATION TAKE THOSE PROJECTS 864 00:27:55,001 --> 00:27:57,000 EVEN THOUGH THEY WOULD BE PAID 865 00:27:57,001 --> 00:27:59,000 FOR BY STATE FUNDS. 866 00:27:59,001 --> 00:28:00,000 THAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS 867 00:28:00,001 --> 00:28:01,000 LESLATION. 868 00:28:01,001 --> 00:28:03,000 THIS IS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE 869 00:28:03,001 --> 00:28:05,000 AS A STATE COME TOGETHER FROM 870 00:28:05,001 --> 00:28:06,000 THE OREGON BORDER TO THE 871 00:28:06,001 --> 00:28:09,000 MEXIC 872 00:28:09,001 --> 00:28:10,000 PROBLEM ACROSS ALL OF OUR -- 873 00:28:10,001 --> 00:28:12,000 ALL OF OUR -- AL 874 00:28:12,001 --> 00:28:15,000 WHICH IS AGRICULTURE, WHICH IS 875 00:28:15,001 --> 00:28:18,000 BUSINESS, WHICH IS MUNICIPAL 876 00:28:18,001 --> 00:28:20,000 POTENTIAL TO DO THAT. 877 00:28:20,001 --> 00:28:22,000 AND THAT'S -- AND THESE PIECES 878 00:28:22,001 --> 00:28:24,000 OF LEGISLATION ARE CRITICAL. 879 00:28:24,001 --> 00:28:26,000 AND THAT'S WHY UP UNTIL NOW THE 880 00:28:26,001 --> 00:28:28,000 HOUSE DECIDED ON A JOINT 881 00:28:28,001 --> 00:28:29,000 BIPARTISAN BASIS THAT WE WOULD 882 00:28:29,001 --> 00:28:31,000 GET THESE BILLS AS FAST AS WE 883 00:28:31,001 --> 00:28:33,000 CAN TO THE SENATE AND HOPEFULLY 884 00:28:33,001 --> 00:28:35,000 GET ACTION AND GET THIS PROJECT 885 00:28:35,001 --> 00:28:36,000 UNDER WAY BECAUSE THE CITIES 886 00:28:36,001 --> 00:28:38,000 HAVE ALREADY PUT UP THE MONEY, 887 00:28:38,001 --> 00:28:40,000 THE ENGINEERING IS DONE, THE 888 00:28:40,001 --> 00:28:41,000 PROJECTS ARE CLEAR. 889 00:28:41,001 --> 00:28:42,000 THAT'S WHY MANY OF THEM WERE 890 00:28:42,001 --> 00:28:44,000 ELIGIBLE FOR STIMULUS MONEY 891 00:28:44,001 --> 00:28:45,000 BECAUSE THEY'RE READY TO GO, 892 00:28:45,001 --> 00:28:47,000 THEY'VE BEEN WAITING TO GO. 893 00:28:47,001 --> 00:28:49,000 TH OF YEARS BECAUSE THE 894 00:28:49,001 --> 00:28:50,000 ADMINISTRATION WOULDN'T PUT UP 895 00:28:50,001 --> 00:28:53,000 THE MONEY UNTIL THE STIMULUS 896 00:28:53,001 --> 00:28:55,000 BILL OF THIS YEAR. 897 00:28:55,001 --> 00:28:57,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA. 898 00:28:57,001 --> 00:28:58,000 MR. DIAZ-BALART: MADAM SPEAKER, 899 00:28:58,001 --> 00:29:00,000 I 900 00:29:00,001 --> 00:29:02,000 FRIEND FROM CALIFORNIA, MR. MCCARTHY. 901 00:29:02,001 --> 00:29:03,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 902 00:29:03,001 --> 00:29:04,000 GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. 903 00:29:04,001 --> 00:29:05,000 MR. MCCARTHY: I THANK MY FRIEND 904 00:29:05,001 --> 00:29:07,000 FROM CALIFORNIA, AND AS I 905 00:29:07,001 --> 00:29:09,000 LISTEN TO MY COLLEAGUE FROM 906 00:29:09,001 --> 00:29:10,000 CALIFORNIA, I RISE IN OPOSITION TO THIS BILL. 907 00:29:10,001 --> 00:29:12,000 YOU CANNOT BRING WATER TO 908 00:29:12,001 --> 00:29:13,000 CALIFORNIA WHEN YOU BRING 909 00:29:13,001 --> 00:29:15,000 ANOTHER CLOSED RULE TO THE 910 00:29:15,001 --> 00:29:17,000 FLOOR. YOU CANNOT BR 911 00:29:17,001 --> 00:29:18,000 DEBATE TO THE FLOOR WHEN YOU 912 00:29:18,001 --> 00:29:19,000 DON'T ALLOW AMENDMENTS. 913 00:29:19,001 --> 00:29:21,000 MADAM SPEAKER, THE PEOPLE OF 914 00:29:21,001 --> 00:29:22,000 THE CENTRAL VALLEY ARE BEING 915 00:29:22,001 --> 00:29:23,000 CRUSHED WITH RECORD 916 00:29:23,001 --> 00:29:24,000 UNEMPLOYMENT FROM A MAN-MADE 917 00:29:24,001 --> 00:29:27,000 DROUGHT. 918 00:29:27,001 --> 00:29:28,000 FROM 14% TO OVER 40%. 919 00:29:28,001 --> 00:29:30,000 THAT RUNS THIS HOUSE IS FAILING 920 00:29:30,001 --> 00:29:31,000 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. 921 00:29:31,001 --> 00:29:33,000 JOBS ARE BEING LOST BECAUSE THE 922 00:29:33,001 --> 00:29:35,000 PUMPS WERE SHUT OFF. AT A TIME OF CRISIS WHEN 923 00:29:35,001 --> 00:29:36,000 THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR 924 00:29:36,001 --> 00:29:38,000 PARTISANSHIP, SOME APPEAR TO BE 925 00:29:38,001 --> 00:29:40,000 EXPENSE OF PEOPLE'S 926 00:29:40,001 --> 00:29:41,000 LIVELIHOODS. 927 00:29:41,001 --> 00:29:42,000 INSTEAD OF COMING TOGETHER AS 928 00:29:42,001 --> 00:29:44,000 REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS AND 929 00:29:44,001 --> 00:29:45,000 INDEPENDENTS, THE SOLUTION TO 930 00:29:45,001 --> 00:29:46,000 GET THE WATER FLOWING SITS 931 00:29:46,001 --> 00:29:48,000 BEHIND POST OFFICE BUILDINGS 932 00:29:48,001 --> 00:29:51,000 AND THIS BILL -- BILLS AND THIS 933 00:29:51,001 --> 00:29:52,000 BILL THAT WOULD RECYCLE WATER 934 00:29:52,001 --> 00:29:55,000 IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY. 935 00:29:55,001 --> 00:29:58,000 WHY ARE WE FAILING TO TAKE UP A 936 00:29:58,001 --> 00:30:00,000 TO TURN THE PUMPS ON NOW TO GET 937 00:30:00,001 --> 00:30:01,000 THE WATER FLOWING AGAIN? 938 00:30:01,001 --> 00:30:03,000 THIS IS NOT A LIBERAL, 939 00:30:03,001 --> 00:30:05,000 CONSERVATIVE OR MODERATE ISSUE. 940 00:30:05,001 --> 00:30:07,000 THIS IS A COMMONSENSE ISSUE. 941 00:30:07,001 --> 00:30:09,000 MADAM SPEAKER, PRESIDENT 942 00:30:09,001 --> 00:30:11,000 FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT ONCE 943 00:30:11,001 --> 00:30:13,000 SAID 944 00:30:13,001 --> 00:30:15,000 ITS SOIL DESTROYS ITSELF. 945 00:30:15,001 --> 00:30:16,000 WELL, THE PUMPS ARE OFF, THE 946 00:30:16,001 --> 00:30:19,000 PIPES ARE DRY, THE LAND IS NO 947 00:30:19,001 --> 00:30:21,000 LONGER ABLE TO PRODUCE AND THE 948 00:30:21,001 --> 00:30:26,000 SOIL IS BEING DESTROYED. 949 00:30:26,001 --> 00:30:27,000 . 950 00:30:27,001 --> 00:30:29,000 HOW DO YOU SIT ON THIS FLOOR AND 951 00:30:29,001 --> 00:30:31,000 SAY YOU ARE BRINGING 952 00:30:31,001 --> 00:30:33,000 THESE BILLS FOR WATER BUT YOU 953 00:30:33,001 --> 00:30:34,000 DENY THE VALLEY, DENY THE 954 00:30:34,001 --> 00:30:36,000 BREADBASKET, AND THE ABILITY 955 00:30:36,001 --> 00:30:37,000 THE PUMPS TO BE TURNED ON? 956 00:30:37,001 --> 00:30:39,000 I ASK FOR A NO VOTE ON THE RULE. 957 00:30:39,001 --> 00:30:40,000 I YID BACK THE BALANCE OF MY 958 00:30:40,001 --> 00:30:41,000 TIME. 959 00:30:41,001 --> 00:30:43,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN YIELD 960 00:30:43,001 --> 00:30:45,000 THE GENTLELADY FROM CALIFORNIA. 961 00:30:45,001 --> 00:30:46,000 MS. MATSUI: I WANT TO REMIND 962 00:30:46,001 --> 00:30:48,000 EVERYONE HERE THAT EARLIER THIS 963 00:30:48,001 --> 00:30:49,000 YEAR SEVERAL OTHER LOCAL WATER 964 00:30:49,001 --> 00:30:52,000 MEASURES WERE RESOUNDINGLY 965 00:30:52,001 --> 00:30:54,000 APPROVED BY THE HOUSE. 966 00:30:54,001 --> 00:30:57,000 THEY INCLUDE THE SOUTH ORANGE 967 00:30:57,001 --> 00:31:00,000 COUNTY RECYCLE WATER ENHANCEMENT 968 00:31:00,001 --> 00:31:01,000 ACT WHICH WAS 969 00:31:01,001 --> 00:31:04,000 DISTRICT. 970 00:31:04,001 --> 00:31:06,000 THE LAKE HODGES SURFACE WATER 971 00:31:06,001 --> 00:31:15,000 IMPROVEMENT ACT, UNTIL ROPE 972 00:31:15,001 --> 00:31:19,000 THE GROUND WATER RECHARGE RAP. 973 00:31:19,001 --> 00:31:20,000 THE MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT 974 00:31:20,001 --> 00:31:21,000 RECYCLING PROJECT IN REP 975 00:31:21,001 --> 00:31:25,000 GALLEGLY'S DISTRICT. 976 00:31:25,001 --> 00:31:27,000 THE RECYCLING AND REUSE PROJECT, 977 00:31:27,001 --> 00:31:31,000 WALDEN OF OREGON. 978 00:31:31,001 --> 00:31:34,000 THE TWOLY RIVER TRIBE WATER ACT. 979 00:31:34,001 --> 00:31:36,000 UNTIL IT WAS CAUGHT UP IN 980 00:31:36,001 --> 00:31:38,000 PARTISANSHIP, H.R. 2442 WOULD 981 00:31:38,001 --> 00:31:39,000 HAVE FOLLOWED THE SAME 982 00:31:39,001 --> 00:31:41,000 PROCEDURE. 983 00:31:41,001 --> 00:31:45,000 H.R. 2442 IS NO DIFFERENT THAN 984 00:31:45,001 --> 00:31:50,000 ANY OF THESE BILLS. 985 00:31:50,001 --> 00:31:51,000 I RESERVE MY TIME. 986 00:31:51,001 --> 00:31:52,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEWOMAN RESERVES. 987 00:31:52,001 --> 00:31:53,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA. 988 00:31:53,001 --> 00:31:54,000 MR. DIAZ-BALART: MR. SPEAKER, I 989 00:31:54,001 --> 00:31:56,000 YIELD THREE MINUTES TO MY FRIEND 990 00:31:56,001 --> 00:31:57,000 FROM IOWA, M 991 00:31:57,001 --> 00:31:58,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 992 00:31:58,001 --> 00:31:59,000 THREE MINUTES. 993 00:31:59,001 --> 00:32:01,000 MR. KING: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. 994 00:32:01,001 --> 00:32:03,000 I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FROM 995 00:32:03,001 --> 00:32:05,000 FLORIDA FOR YIELDING. 996 00:32:05,001 --> 00:32:07,000 I'M HERE STANDING IN SUPPORT OF 997 00:32:07,001 --> 00:32:08,000 CONGRESSMAN NUNEZ AND THE 998 00:32:08,001 --> 00:32:10,000 CALIFORNIA DELEGATION THAT HAS 999 00:32:10,001 --> 00:32:12,000 SPOKEN AGAINST THIS RULE AND FOR 1000 00:32:12,001 --> 00:32:16,000 WATER FOR THE VALLEY. 1001 00:32:16,001 --> 00:32:17,000 AND AS I WATCHED THIS DEBATE 1002 00:32:17,001 --> 00:32:19,000 UNFOLD HERE ON THE FLOOR, 1003 00:32:19,001 --> 00:32:22,000 SOMETHING ABOUT THE DEPTH OF THE 1004 00:32:22,001 --> 00:32:23,000 EMOTION AND VOICE 1005 00:32:23,001 --> 00:32:25,000 TO SEE FOR MYSELF. 1006 00:32:25,001 --> 00:32:26,000 LATE AUGUST I WENT DOWN TO THE 1007 00:32:26,001 --> 00:32:29,000 FRESNO ARA AND TRAVELED THE 1008 00:32:29,001 --> 00:32:32,000 VALLEY, MOST OF THE ALL. 1009 00:32:32,001 --> 00:32:33,000 I LOOKED AT 250,000 ACRES OF MAN 1010 00:32:33,001 --> 00:32:35,000 MADE DUST. 1011 00:32:35,001 --> 00:32:37,000 I KNOW THERE ARE AT LEAST 1012 00:32:37,001 --> 00:32:39,000 600,000 ACRES OF MANMADE DROUGHT 1013 00:32:39,001 --> 00:32:41,000 IN THAT CENTRAL VALLEY AREA, AND 1014 00:32:41,001 --> 00:32:42,000 THEN I WENT UP TO SAN FRANCISCO. 1015 00:32:42,001 --> 00:32:44,000 WITH A HEAVY HEART. 1016 00:32:44,001 --> 00:32:45,000 CA 1017 00:32:45,001 --> 00:32:46,000 LOOKED AT THAT DUST IN THE 1018 00:32:46,001 --> 00:32:47,000 VALLEY. 1019 00:32:47,001 --> 00:32:48,000 I FELT LIKE THAT INDIAN IN THE 1020 00:32:48,001 --> 00:32:50,000 COMMERCIAL THAT SAW HIS 1021 00:32:50,001 --> 00:32:52,000 FULL OF JUNK AND TIRES AND THE 1022 00:32:52,001 --> 00:32:55,000 TEAR TRICKLED DOWN HIS CHEEK TO 1023 00:32:55,001 --> 00:32:56,000 THINK THAT MAN COULD DO THAT TO 1024 00:32:56,001 --> 00:32:58,000 MAN. 1025 00:32:58,001 --> 00:33:00,000 AND THEY WERE WATERING THE LAWNS 1026 00:33:00,001 --> 00:33:01,000 IN SAN FRANCISCO WHILE WE HAVE A 1027 00:33:01,001 --> 00:33:03,000 MANMADE DROUGHT AND ARE TAKING 1028 00:33:03,001 --> 00:33:06,000 OUT DEAD TREES FROM ORCHARDS IN 1029 00:33:06,001 --> 00:33:10,000 CALIFORNIA. 1030 00:33:10,001 --> 00:33:14,000 I ALSO LED A CODEL TO GO LO 1031 00:33:14,001 --> 00:33:15,000 THE SWAMP AREAS IN IRAQ THERE. 1032 00:33:15,001 --> 00:33:16,000 DECIDED THAT HE DIDN'T LIKE THE 1033 00:33:16,001 --> 00:33:18,000 POLITICS OF THE PEOPLE IN THE 1034 00:33:18,001 --> 00:33:19,000 SOUTH, THE SHIIAS IN THE SOUTH 1035 00:33:19,001 --> 00:33:23,000 THAT LIVED IN THAT SWAMP. 1036 00:33:23,001 --> 00:33:24,000 SO HE SHUT OFF AND DIVERTED THE 1037 00:33:24,001 --> 00:33:26,000 TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES RIVERS AND 1038 00:33:26,001 --> 00:33:27,000 SHUT OFF THE WATER AND DRIED OUT 1039 00:33:27,001 --> 00:33:28,000 THE SWAMP ARABS IN THE SOUTH. 1040 00:33:28,001 --> 00:33:30,000 I VISITED THAT AREA. 1041 00:33:30,001 --> 00:33:32,000 IT WAS A POLITICAL DECISION AND 1042 00:33:32,001 --> 00:33:35,000 A MANMADE DROUGHT. 1043 00:33:35,001 --> 00:33:36,000 FOR THE SWAMP ARABS IN 1044 00:33:36,001 --> 00:33:38,000 AND WE ARE QUITE PROUD WE SENT 1045 00:33:38,001 --> 00:33:40,000 OUR MILITARY IN TO TURN ON THAT 1046 00:33:40,001 --> 00:33:42,000 WATER AND GIVE THEM BACK THE 1047 00:33:42,001 --> 00:33:44,000 LIFEBLOOD OF THE PEOPLE 1048 00:33:44,001 --> 00:33:47,000 SOUTHERN IRAQ ON THE DELTA AREA THERE. 1049 00:33:47,001 --> 00:33:48,000 HERE WE HAVE THE VALLEY, AND 1050 00:33:48,001 --> 00:33:50,000 THIS IS A BATTLE GOING ON 1051 00:33:50,001 --> 00:33:51,000 BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO, THE URBAN 1052 00:33:51,001 --> 00:33:53,000 AREAS IN CALIFORNIA, AND THE 1053 00:33:53,001 --> 00:33:54,000 MOST WORLD. 1054 00:33:54,001 --> 00:33:55,000 AIM FROM IOWA AND I'M SAYING 1055 00:33:55,001 --> 00:33:59,000 THIS. 1056 00:33:59,001 --> 00:34:01,000 THE MOST DOLLARS PER ACRE 1057 00:34:01,001 --> 00:34:02,000 PRODUCED, AND WE HAVE A MANMADE 1058 00:34:02,001 --> 00:34:03,000 DROUGHT. 1059 00:34:03,001 --> 00:34:05,000 WE ARE WATERING LAWNS IN SAN 1060 00:34:05,001 --> 00:34:06,000 FRANCISCO AND DIVERTING MORE 1061 00:34:06,001 --> 00:34:07,000 WATER TO SAN FRANCISCO WHO 1062 00:34:07,001 --> 00:34:08,000 DIDN'T LOOK TO ME LIKE THEY WERE 1063 00:34:08,001 --> 00:34:10,000 V DUST IN 1064 00:34:10,001 --> 00:34:12,000 THE FACE OF THE HARDWORKING 1065 00:34:12,001 --> 00:34:13,000 PEOPLE IN THE VALLEY. 1066 00:34:13,001 --> 00:34:16,000 I CAN'T BELIEVE WE CAN HAVE A 1067 00:34:16,001 --> 00:34:17,000 MANMADE TRAGEDY OF THIS MAGNITUDE. 1068 00:34:17,001 --> 00:34:18,000 WE ARE TOLD, CHECK YOUR GUNS AT 1069 00:34:18,001 --> 00:34:20,000 THE DOOR. 1070 00:34:20,001 --> 00:34:22,000 CHECK YOUR GUNS AT THE DOOR WHEN 1071 00:34:22,001 --> 00:34:25,000 THE CARDS 1072 00:34:25,001 --> 00:34:26,000 WE HAVE A CLOSED RULE THAT SHUTS 1073 00:34:26,001 --> 00:34:27,000 OFF ANY DEBATE OTHER THAN THE 1074 00:34:27,001 --> 00:34:28,000 RULE ON ITSELF. 1075 00:34:28,001 --> 00:34:30,000 NO AMENDMENTS ALLOWED. 1076 00:34:30,001 --> 00:34:32,000 NO VOTE BEING ABLE TO BE FORCE 1077 00:34:32,001 --> 00:34:34,000 WE CAN'T SHAPE POLICY IN THIS 1078 00:34:34,001 --> 00:34:35,000 CONGRESS IF IT'S BEING SHAPED UP 1079 00:34:35,001 --> 00:34:36,000 THERE IN THE HOLE IN THE WALL. 1080 00:34:36,001 --> 00:34:37,000 I WANT TO BRING THAT DEBATE DOWN 1081 00:34:37,001 --> 00:34:38,000 TO THE FLOOR. 1082 00:34:38,001 --> 00:34:40,000 IF YOU AT LEAST HAVE ENOUGH 1083 00:34:40,001 --> 00:34:41,000 COURAGE TO ASK FOR AN OPEN RULE 1084 00:34:41,001 --> 00:34:43,000 AND ALLOW SOME AMENDMENTS SO THE 1085 00:34:43,001 --> 00:34:45,000 MEMBERS OF THIS CONGRES CAN 1086 00:34:45,001 --> 00:34:46,000 WEIGH IN, THEN THE PEOPLE OF THE 1087 00:34:46,001 --> 00:34:48,000 COUNTRY CAN WEIGH IN AND THEY 1088 00:34:48,001 --> 00:34:49,000 CAN HAVE THEIR VOICE HEARD. 1089 00:34:49,001 --> 00:34:51,000 WE CAN TURN ON THE WATER. 1090 00:34:51,001 --> 00:34:53,000 THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE MINNOW. 1091 00:34:53,001 --> 00:34:54,000 OU'LL FIND ANOTHER SPECIES. 1092 00:34:54,001 --> 00:34:57,000 IT'S ABOUT A FIGHT OVER THE WATER. 1093 00:34:57,001 --> 00:34:58,000 A MAN MADE DROUGHT AND 600,000 1094 00:34:58,001 --> 00:35:03,000 ACRES, 40,000 JOBS LOST. 1095 00:35:03,001 --> 00:35:05,000 SHUT OFF THE WATERTO THE SWAMP 1096 00:35:05,001 --> 00:35:07,000 ARABS. 1097 00:35:07,001 --> 00:35:08,000 IT IS HEARTBREAKING, 1098 00:35:08,001 --> 00:35:10,000 SPEAKER. 1099 00:35:10,001 --> 00:35:12,000 THIS HAS GOT TO STOP. NEED TO BE HEARD. 1100 00:35:12,001 --> 00:35:14,000 I YIELD BAC THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1101 00:35:14,001 --> 00:35:15,000 GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA. 1102 00:35:15,001 --> 00:35:16,000 MS. MATSUI: LET ME JUST SAY THAT 1103 00:35:16,001 --> 00:35:18,000 FIVE AMENDMENTS WERE SUBMITTED 1104 00:35:18,001 --> 00:35:20,000 TO THE RULES COMMITTEE FOR THIS BILL. 1105 00:35:20,001 --> 00:35:21,000 ALL FIVE WERE NONGERMANE. 1106 00:35:21,001 --> 00:35:22,000 NOT A SINGLE AMENDMENT WOULD BE 1107 00:35:22,001 --> 00:35:23,000 AL 1108 00:35:23,001 --> 00:35:27,000 OPEN RULE. 1109 00:35:27,001 --> 00:35:31,000 WITH THAT I RESERVE MY TIME. 1110 00:35:31,001 --> 00:35:32,000 MR. DIAZ-BALART: MR. SPEAKER, -- 1111 00:35:32,001 --> 00:35:33,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE CHAIR WILL REMIND ALL PERSONS IN 1112 00:35:33,001 --> 00:35:35,000 THE GALLERY THEY ARE HERE AS 1113 00:35:35,001 --> 00:35:37,000 GUESTS OF THE HOUSE AND ANY 1114 00:35:37,001 --> 00:35:39,000 MANIFESTATION OF APPROVAL OR 1115 00:35:39,001 --> 00:35:41,000 DISAPPROVAL OF PROCEEDINGS OR 1116 00:35:41,001 --> 00:35:43,000 OTHER AUDIBLE 1117 00:35:43,001 --> 00:35:44,000 VIOLATION OF THE RULES OF THE 1118 00:35:44,001 --> 00:35:45,000 HOUSE. 1119 00:35:45,001 --> 00:35:46,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA. 1120 00:35:46,001 --> 00:35:48,000 MR. DIAZ-BALART: MR. SPEAKER, 1121 00:35:48,001 --> 00:35:49,000 IT'S MY PLEASUR 1122 00:35:49,001 --> 00:35:50,000 MINUTES TMY FRIEND FROM 1123 00:35:50,001 --> 00:35:51,000 WASHINGTON, MR. HASTINGS. 1124 00:35:51,001 --> 00:35:52,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1125 00:35:52,001 --> 00:35:53,000 GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. 1126 00:35:53,001 --> 00:35:54,000 MR. HASTINGS: THANK YOU, MR. 1127 00:35:54,001 --> 00:35:56,000 SPEAKER. 1128 00:35:56,001 --> 00:35:58,000 MR. SPEAKER, I RISE TO STRONGLY 1129 00:35:58,001 --> 00:36:00,000 OPPOSE THIS RULE. 1130 00:36:00,001 --> 00:36:02,000 AS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE RULES 1131 00:36:02,001 --> 00:36:03,000 COMMITTEE AND CURRENTLY AS THE 1132 00:36:03,001 --> 00:36:05,000 RANKING MEMBER OF THE HOUSE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE, I 1133 00:36:05,001 --> 00:36:07,000 WANT TO ADDRESS SEVERAL 1134 00:36:07,001 --> 00:36:09,000 ARGUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE 1135 00:36:09,001 --> 00:36:11,000 THAT TRIES TO JUSTIFY BLOCKING 1136 00:36:11,001 --> 00:36:14,000 AMENDMENTS TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR 1137 00:36:14,001 --> 00:36:16,000 TENS OF THOUSANDS OF SUFFERING 1138 00:36:16,001 --> 00:36:18,000 PEOPLE, SUFFERING ECONOMIC 1139 00:36:18,001 --> 00:36:20,000 DISASTER IN THE SAN JOAQUIN 1140 00:36:20,001 --> 00:36:22,000 VALLEY AS A RESULT OF A MANMADE 1141 00:36:22,001 --> 00:36:25,000 AND GOVERNMENT ENFORCED DROUGHT. 1142 00:36:25,001 --> 00:36:26,000 FIRST, I WANT TO SPECIFICALLY 1143 00:36:26,001 --> 00:36:29,000 DISPEL THE NOTION THAT ALLOWING 1144 00:36:29,001 --> 00:36:31,000 THE HOUSE TO VOTE ON RELIEF TO 1145 00:36:31,001 --> 00:36:33,000 THESE SUFFERING COMMUNITIES 1146 00:36:33,001 --> 00:36:36,000 WASN'T 1147 00:36:36,001 --> 00:36:38,000 AMENDMENTS WERE NONGERMANE. 1148 00:36:38,001 --> 00:36:40,000 MR. SPEAKER, IT IS ENTIRELY 1149 00:36:40,001 --> 00:36:42,000 WITHIN THE POWER OF THE HOUSE 1150 00:36:42,001 --> 00:36:45,000 RULES COMMITTEE TO ALLOW DEBATE 1151 00:36:45,001 --> 00:36:46,000 ON ANY AMENDMENT THAT IT WISHES 1152 00:36:46,001 --> 00:36:49,000 AND CONVERSELY TO SHUT DOWN 1153 00:36:49,001 --> 00:36:51,000 DEBATE ON ANY AMENDMENT 1154 00:36:51,001 --> 00:36:52,000 NOT WANT TO SEE DISCUSSED ON THE 1155 00:36:52,001 --> 00:36:55,000 HOUSE FLOOR. 1156 00:36:55,001 --> 00:36:57,000 THE RULES COMMITTEE DOES, CAN 1157 00:36:57,001 --> 00:36:58,000 AND REGULARLY DOES WAIVE THE 1158 00:36:58,001 --> 00:36:59,000 GERMANENESS RULE. 1159 00:36:59,001 --> 00:37:01,000 IT SIMPLY REFUSED TO DO SO ON 1160 00:37:01,001 --> 00:37:03,000 THIS MATTER BECAUSE THE DEMOCRAT 1161 00:37:03,001 --> 00:37:06,000 LEADERSHIP OF THIS HOUSE DOESN'T 1162 00:37:06,001 --> 00:37:08,000 WISH TO HAVE THIS MATTER, THIS 1163 00:37:08,001 --> 00:37:10,000 MATTER OF THE MANMADE DROUGHT IN 1164 00:37:10,001 --> 00:37:12,000 THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, DEBATED 1165 00:37:12,001 --> 00:37:14,000 OR DISCUSSED ON THE HOUSE FLOOR. 1166 00:37:14,001 --> 00:37:15,000 ANY NOTION, ANY NOTION, MR. 1167 00:37:15,001 --> 00:37:17,000 SPEAKER, THAT THEY COULDN'T 1168 00:37:17,001 --> 00:37:19,000 ALLOW THESE AMENDMENTS EVEN 10 1169 00:37:19,001 --> 00:37:21,000 NUTES OF DEBATE TIME FOLLOWED 1170 00:37:21,001 --> 00:37:22,000 BY A VOTE IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE. 1171 00:37:22,001 --> 00:37:25,000 SO LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE 1172 00:37:25,001 --> 00:37:27,000 ARE DEBATING HERE. 1173 00:37:27,001 --> 00:37:30,000 THE UNDERLYING BILL RELATES TO 1174 00:37:30,001 --> 00:37:31,000 FEDERAL WATER RECYCLING PROJECTS 1175 00:37:31,001 --> 00:37:33,000 IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA OF 1176 00:37:33,001 --> 00:37:36,000 CALIFORNIA. 1177 00:37:36,001 --> 00:37:38,000 THE AMENDMENTS NOT MADE IN ORDER 1178 00:37:38,001 --> 00:37:40,000 RELATE TO F 1179 00:37:40,001 --> 00:37:41,000 AND A MAN MADE DROUGHT IN THE 1180 00:37:41,001 --> 00:37:43,000 SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY IN 1181 00:37:43,001 --> 00:37:45,000 CALIFOIA. 1182 00:37:45,001 --> 00:37:46,000 THIS IS HARDLY A CASE OF MIXING 1183 00:37:46,001 --> 00:37:50,000 APPLES AND/OR RANGS. 1184 00:37:50,001 --> 00:37:52,000 THE TRUTH IS THAT THE DEMOCRAT 1185 00:37:52,001 --> 00:37:54,000 CONTROLLED RULES COMMITTEE CHOSE 1186 00:37:54,001 --> 00:37:57,000 TO HAND A SHINY RED APPLE TO THE 1187 00:37:57,001 --> 00:38:00,000 SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND GIVEN 1188 00:38:00,001 --> 00:38:01,000 A GIANT RASPBERRY TO THE PEOPLE 1189 00:38:01,001 --> 00:38:02,000 IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. 1190 00:38:02,001 --> 00:38:03,000 THE OTHER ARGUMENT I WISH TO 1191 00:38:03,001 --> 00:38:05,000 ADDRESS AND DISPEL IS THE 1192 00:38:05,001 --> 00:38:06,000 DROUGHT IN CALIFORNIA IS AN 1193 00:38:06,001 --> 00:38:09,000 ISSUE ONLY FOR THOSE IN 1194 00:38:09,001 --> 00:38:11,000 CALIFORNIA TO RESOLVE. 1195 00:38:11,001 --> 00:38:14,000 MR. SPEAKER, IF THIS HOUSE CAN 1196 00:38:14,001 --> 00:38:16,000 DEBATE AND VOTE ON A BIL TO 1197 00:38:16,001 --> 00:38:17,000 PROVIDE MILLIONS OF TAXPAYER 1198 00:38:17,001 --> 00:38:20,000 DOLLARS, FEDERAL TAXPAYER 1199 00:38:20,001 --> 00:38:21,000 DOLLARS FOR WATER PROJECTS IN 1200 00:38:21,001 --> 00:38:23,000 THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, THEN 1201 00:38:23,001 --> 00:38:27,000 THIS HOUSE CAN CERTAINLY DEBATE 1202 00:38:27,001 --> 00:38:28,000 AND VOTE ON PROVIDING RELIEF TO 1203 00:38:28,001 --> 00:38:30,000 FARMERS AND FARM WORKERS THAT 1204 00:38:30,001 --> 00:38:33,000 ARE DENIED FEDERAL WATER BY 1205 00:38:33,001 --> 00:38:34,000 FEDERAL LAWSUITS AND FEDERAL 1206 00:38:34,001 --> 00:38:36,000 POLICIES, AGAIN IN THE SAN 1207 00:38:36,001 --> 00:38:37,000 JOAQUIN VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA. 1208 00:38:37,001 --> 00:38:39,000 THIS ISN'T A CASE OF HAVING YOUR 1209 00:38:39,001 --> 00:38:42,000 CAKE AND EAT IT, TOO. 1210 00:38:42,001 --> 00:38:44,000 IT'S A MATTER OF WATER FOR SAN 1211 00:38:44,001 --> 00:38:46,000 FRANCISCO AND NONE FOR THE SAN 1212 00:38:46,001 --> 00:38:47,000 JOAQUIN VALLEY. 1213 00:38:47,001 --> 00:38:49,000 LASTLY, TO THE ARGUMENT THAT 1214 00:38:49,001 --> 00:38:51,000 THIS IS A CALIFORNIA ISSUE FOR 1215 00:38:51,001 --> 00:38:53,000 CALIFORNIA TO RESOLVE, I WILL 1216 00:38:53,001 --> 00:38:55,000 NOTE THAT THE VOTES IN THE RULES COMMITTEE TO BLOCK THE 1217 00:38:55,001 --> 00:38:58,000 AMENDMENTS FROM BEING HEARD WERE 1218 00:38:58,001 --> 00:39:01,000 BY A MARGIN OF SIX NO AND FIVE 1219 00:39:01,001 --> 00:39:03,000 YES. 1220 00:39:03,001 --> 00:39:04,000 ALL FOUR REPUBLICANS VOTED TO 1221 00:39:04,001 --> 00:39:08,000 ALLOW THE AMENDMENTS TO BE HEARD 1222 00:39:08,001 --> 00:39:10,000 ON THE FLOOR AS DID MR. CARDOZA 1223 00:39:10,001 --> 00:39:14,000 FROM CALIFORNIA, A DEMOCRAT. 1224 00:39:14,001 --> 00:39:16,000 BUT NOT ONE SINGLE ONE OF MR. 1225 00:39:16,001 --> 00:39:18,000 CARDOZA'S DEMOCRAT COLLEAGUES JOINED HIM. 1226 00:39:18,001 --> 00:39:19,000 WE WERE TOLD THIS IS A 1227 00:39:19,001 --> 00:39:21,000 CALIFORNIA MATTER. 1228 00:39:21,001 --> 00:39:23,000 YET RELIEF FOR THE SAN JOAQUIN 1229 00:39:23,001 --> 00:39:26,000 VALLEY IS DENIED BECAUSE OF THE 1230 00:39:26,001 --> 00:39:30,000 VOTES OF DEMOCRATS ON THE RULES 1231 00:39:30,001 --> 00:39:31,000 COMMITTEE FROM NEW YORK, 1232 00:39:31,001 --> 00:39:32,000 MASSACHUSETTS, FLORIDA, MAINE, 1233 00:39:32,001 --> 00:39:34,000 AND COLORADO. 1234 00:39:34,001 --> 00:39:36,000 WHO ALL VOTED NO TO BLOCK 1235 00:39:36,001 --> 00:39:38,000 DISCUSSION OF THESE AMENDMENTS 1236 00:39:38,001 --> 00:39:40,000 ON THE HOUSE FLOOR. 1237 00:39:40,001 --> 00:39:41,000 THE ARGUMENTS OF GERMANENESS AND 1238 00:39:41,001 --> 00:39:44,000 IT'S A CALIFORNIA ONLY MATTER 1239 00:39:44,001 --> 00:39:46,000 ARE SIMPLY EXCUSES FOR BEING 1240 00:39:46,001 --> 00:39:48,000 USED TO TRY TO HIDE THE FACT 1241 00:39:48,001 --> 00:39:50,000 THAT THE DEMOCRAT LEADERS WHO 1242 00:39:50,001 --> 00:39:53,000 CONTROL THIS HOUSE DON'T WANT TO 1243 00:39:53,001 --> 00:39:55,000 ALLOW A VOTE ON SOLUTIONS AND 1244 00:39:55,001 --> 00:39:57,000 PROVIDE RELIEF TO THE TENS OF 1245 00:39:57,001 --> 00:40:00,000 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 1246 00:40:00,001 --> 00:40:01,000 THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. 1247 00:40:01,001 --> 00:40:03,000 MR. SPEAKER, I URGE MY 1248 00:40:03,001 --> 00:40:05,000 COLLEAGUES TO VOTE UNFAIR RULE. 1249 00:40:05,001 --> 00:40:06,000 I YIELD BACK MY 1250 00:40:06,001 --> 00:40:07,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1251 00:40:07,001 --> 00:40:08,000 GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK. 1252 00:40:08,001 --> 00:40:09,000 THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA. 1253 00:40:09,001 --> 00:40:10,000 MS. MATSUI: MR. SPEAKER, WE ARE 1254 00:40:10,001 --> 00:40:11,000 IN A DROUGHT. 1255 00:40:11,001 --> 00:40:13,000 WE ARE IN A DROUGHT. 1256 00:40:13,001 --> 00:40:14,000 THAT'S A FACT. 1257 00:40:14,001 --> 00:40:16,000 AND THIS LEGISLATION WILL HELP 1258 00:40:16,001 --> 00:40:19,000 ENSURE THAT FUTURE DROUGHTS IN 1259 00:40:19,001 --> 00:40:20,000 CALIFORNIA WILL HAVE LESS OF A 1260 00:40:20,001 --> 00:40:22,000 DAMAGING IMPACT. 1261 00:40:22,001 --> 00:40:24,000 WHEN WATER IS USED MORE 1262 00:40:24,001 --> 00:40:25,000 EFFICIENTLY, DROUGHTS LIKE THE 1263 00:40:25,001 --> 00:40:26,000 ONE WE ARE CURRENTLY 1264 00:40:26,001 --> 00:40:29,000 EXPERIENCING BECOME LESS SEVERE 1265 00:40:29,001 --> 00:40:30,000 BECAUSE WE HAVE BUILT IN DEFENSE 1266 00:40:30,001 --> 00:40:33,000 MECHANISMS. 1267 00:40:33,001 --> 00:40:35,000 WE KNOW THAT THE DROUGHT AND NOT 1268 00:40:35,001 --> 00:40:36,000 ENDANGERED SPECIES T OR HOUSE 1269 00:40:36,001 --> 00:40:38,000 LEADERSHIP IS THE REAL REASON 1270 00:40:38,001 --> 00:40:39,000 WHY SO MANY INDIVIDUALS ARE 1271 00:40:39,001 --> 00:40:41,000 SUFFERING IN CALIFORNIA'S 1272 00:40:41,001 --> 00:40:43,000 CENTRAL VALLEY. 1273 00:40:43,001 --> 00:40:46,000 IN FACT, ACCORDING TO RON 1274 00:40:46,001 --> 00:40:47,000 MILLIGAN, THE U.S. BUREAU OF 1275 00:40:47,001 --> 00:40:49,000 RECLAMATION OPERATIONS MANAGER 1276 00:40:49,001 --> 00:40:52,000 FOR THE CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT, 1277 00:40:52,001 --> 00:40:57,000 THE AVERAGE DELTA WATER EXPORT 1278 00:40:57,001 --> 00:41:00,000 PRIOR ACRE-FEET. 1279 00:41:00,001 --> 00:41:02,000 IN 2009 THE EXPORT FELL TO 3.6 1280 00:41:02,001 --> 00:41:05,000 MILLION ACRE-FEET. 1281 00:41:05,001 --> 00:41:08,000 OF THE 2.1 MILLION ACRE-FOOT 1282 00:41:08,001 --> 00:41:09,000 SHORTFALL, 1.6 MILLION IS DUE TO 1283 00:41:09,001 --> 00:41:11,000 THE DROUGHT. 1284 00:41:11,001 --> 00:41:14,000 ONLY 500,000 OF THE DECREASE 1285 00:41:14,001 --> 00:41:15,000 RESULTED FROM THE DEALTA SMELT 1286 00:41:15,001 --> 00:41:17,000 RULING. 1287 00:41:17,001 --> 00:41:19,000 IF ANYTHING, OUR COLLEAGUES WHO 1288 00:41:19,001 --> 00:41:22,000 REPRESENT THAT PART OF THE 1289 00:41:22,001 --> 00:41:25,000 SHOULD SUPPORT H.R. 2442 AS A 1290 00:41:25,001 --> 00:41:26,000 MEANS OF 1291 00:41:26,001 --> 00:41:27,000 DROUGHT. 1292 00:41:27,001 --> 00:41:30,000 THEY SHOULD ALSO SUPPORT IT AS A 1293 00:41:30,001 --> 00:41:33,000 WATER AVAILABLE STATEWIDE FOR 1294 00:41:33,001 --> 00:41:35,000 LOCAL AGENCIES TO 1295 00:41:35,001 --> 00:41:36,000 AND I RESERVE MY TIME. 1296 00:41:36,001 --> 00:41:37,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1297 00:41:37,001 --> 00:41:38,000 GENTLEWOMAN RESERVES. THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA. 1298 00:41:38,001 --> 00:41:39,000 MR. DIAZ-BALART: I YIELD ONE 1299 00:41:39,001 --> 00:41:42,000 MINUTE AND A HALF TO MY FRIEND 1300 00:41:42,001 --> 00:41:43,000 FROM TEXAS, MR. GOHMERT. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1301 00:41:43,001 --> 00:41:47,000 GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. 1302 00:41:47,001 --> 00:41:50,000 SPEAKER. 1303 00:41:50,001 --> 00:41:52,000 I'M PLEASED THAT THIS BILL WILL 1304 00:41:52,001 --> 00:41:54,000 APPARENTLY BENEFIT PEOPLE IN THE 1305 00:41:54,001 --> 00:41:56,000 SAN FRANCISCO BAY WATER AREA, IN 1306 00:41:56,001 --> 00:41:57,000 THE BAY AREA WITH WATER. 1307 00:41:57,001 --> 00:41:59,000 AS I UNDERSTAND IT I THINK WE 1308 00:41:59,001 --> 00:42:00,000 HAVE SOME LEADERSHIP ON THE 1309 00:42:00,001 --> 00:42:01,000 MAJORITY SIDE THAT IS FROM THAT 1310 00:42:01,001 --> 00:42:03,000 AREA. 1311 00:42:03,001 --> 00:42:05,000 THAT'S WONDERFUL THAT THEY'LL 1312 00:42:05,001 --> 00:42:07,000 BENEFIT WITH WATER. 1313 00:42:07,001 --> 00:42:10,000 BUT IT IS DEEPLY TROUBLING TO 1314 00:42:10,001 --> 00:42:13,000 HEAR PEOPLE COME TO THIS FLOOR 1315 00:42:13,001 --> 00:42:14,000 AND START TRYING TO BLAME THE 1316 00:42:14,001 --> 00:42:19,000 PAST ADMINISTRATION FOR WATER 1317 00:42:19,001 --> 00:42:20,000 PROBLEMS IN CALIFORNIA. 1318 00:42:20,001 --> 00:42:22,000 AT WHAT POINT ARE PEOPLE GOING 1319 00:42:22,001 --> 00:42:24,000 TO ACKNOWLEDGE, YOU KNOW WHAT? 1320 00:42:24,001 --> 00:42:26,000 THE DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY, WE ARE 1321 00:42:26,001 --> 00:42:29,000 IN THE MAJORITY AS DEMOCRATS, WE 1322 00:42:29,001 --> 00:42:31,000 TOOK CONTROL OVER 1/2 YEARS 1323 00:42:31,001 --> 00:42:33,000 AGO, AND WE ARE RESPONSIBLE 1324 00:42:33,001 --> 00:42:34,000 HERE. 1325 00:42:34,001 --> 00:42:36,000 WE HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO 1326 00:42:36,001 --> 00:42:38,000 SOMETHING ABOUT THIS FOR OVER 1327 00:42:38,001 --> 00:42:40,000 TWO YEARS AND WE HAVE NOT DONE 1328 00:42:40,001 --> 00:42:43,000 ANYTHING BECAUSE THE MAJORITY 1329 00:42:43,001 --> 00:42:44,000 LEADERSHIP HAS CHOSEN NOT TO DO 1330 00:42:44,001 --> 00:42:47,000 ANYTHING. 1331 00:42:47,001 --> 00:42:48,000 MY FRIEND DEVON NUNES RECRUITED 1332 00:42:48,001 --> 00:42:50,000 ME. 1333 00:42:50,001 --> 00:42:51,000 HE HAD ME LOOK AT THIS AND I SAW 1334 00:42:51,001 --> 00:42:52,000 HOW THE SMELT WAS BEING PROTECTED. 1335 00:42:52,001 --> 00:42:56,000 THAT'S FINE. 1336 00:42:56,001 --> 00:42:57,000 THE SMELT, THE TWO-INCH MINNOW 1337 00:42:57,001 --> 00:43:01,000 WHILE PEOPLE ARE STARVING, THE 1338 00:43:01,001 --> 00:43:02,000 LAND IS STARVING, THE PEOPLE ARE 1339 00:43:02,001 --> 00:43:03,000 STARVING, THEY ARE LOSING THEIR 1340 00:43:03,001 --> 00:43:05,000 JOBS. 1341 00:43:05,001 --> 00:43:06,000 WHEN HE BROUGHT THIS TO MY 1342 00:43:06,001 --> 00:43:07,000 ATTENTION IT SMELT BADLY BACK 1343 00:43:07,001 --> 00:43:08,000 THEN. 1344 00:43:08,001 --> 00:43:10,000 IT SMELT BADLY A YEAR AGO. 1345 00:43:10,001 --> 00:43:12,000 IT SMELT BADLY ALL THIS YEAR. 1346 00:43:12,001 --> 00:43:14,000 NOW MY FRIENDS, IT STINKS. 1347 00:43:14,001 --> 00:43:17,000 IT'S TIME TO HAVE OPEN RULES 1348 00:43:17,001 --> 00:43:18,000 THAT ALLOW US TO 1349 00:43:18,001 --> 00:43:19,000 EVERYONE WHO NEEDS IT. 1350 00:43:19,001 --> 00:43:20,000 I YIELD BACK. 1351 00:43:20,001 --> 00:43:21,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1352 00:43:21,001 --> 00:43:23,000 GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA. 1353 00:43:23,001 --> 00:43:24,000 MS. MATSUI: MR. SPEAKER, I JUST 1354 00:43:24,001 --> 00:43:27,000 WANT TO SAY THAT FURTHER 1355 00:43:27,001 --> 00:43:30,000 INVESTING IN WATER RECYCLING IS 1356 00:43:30,001 --> 00:43:31,000 THIS BILL WOULD ALLOW THE BAY 1357 00:43:31,001 --> 00:43:32,000 AREA TO REUSE WATER. 1358 00:43:32,001 --> 00:43:34,000 THIS LEGISLATION WOULD NOT 1359 00:43:34,001 --> 00:43:37,000 MANDATE ADDITIONALWATER 1360 00:43:37,001 --> 00:43:38,000 TRANSFERS OR ADVERSELY AFFECT 1361 00:43:38,001 --> 00:43:39,000 CALIFORNIA CENTRAL VALLEY IN ANY 1362 00:43:39,001 --> 00:43:42,000 WAY. 1363 00:43:42,001 --> 00:43:44,000 H.R. 2442 IS A PROACTIVE STEP 1364 00:43:44,001 --> 00:43:46,000 TAKEN BY OUR DELEGATION TO 1365 00:43:46,001 --> 00:43:48,000 ADDRESS CALIFORNIA'S WATER 1366 00:43:48,001 --> 00:43:51,000 SITUATION IN A POSITIVE WAY. 1367 00:43:51,001 --> 00:43:52,000 WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO YIELD 2 1368 00:43:52,001 --> 00:43:54,000 1/2 1369 00:43:54,001 --> 00:43:55,000 FROM OREGON, MR. BLUMENA 1370 00:43:55,001 --> 00:43:56,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1371 00:43:56,001 --> 00:43:59,000 GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR 2 1/2 MINUTES. 1372 00:43:59,001 --> 00:44:00,000 MR. BLUMENAUER: I APPRECIATE THE 1373 00:44:00,001 --> 00:44:01,000 GENTLEWOMAN'S COURTESY IN 1374 00:44:01,001 --> 00:44:02,000 PERMITTING ME TO SPEAK ON THE 1375 00:44:02,001 --> 00:44:03,000 RULE. 1376 00:44:03,001 --> 00:44:05,000 I WAS SITTING HERE WAITING TO 1377 00:44:05,001 --> 00:44:06,000 SPEAK ON THE UNDERLYI 1378 00:44:06,001 --> 00:44:09,000 LEGISLATION AFTER THE RULE IS 1379 00:44:09,001 --> 00:44:10,000 PASSED BECAUSE I THINK IT IS AN 1380 00:44:10,001 --> 00:44:13,000 IMPORTANT INGREDIENT TOWARDS 1381 00:44:13,001 --> 00:44:15,000 DEALING WITH A SERIOUS PROBLEM 1382 00:44:15,001 --> 00:44:17,000 IN CALIFORNIA THAT AFFECTS US ALL. 1383 00:44:17,001 --> 00:44:19,000 BUT I AM -- I'M COMPELLED TO 1384 00:44:19,001 --> 00:44:22,000 COME TO THE FLOOR TO SUPPORT 1385 00:44:22,001 --> 00:44:23,000 BRIEFLY THE RULE THAT IS BROUGHT 1386 00:44:23,001 --> 00:44:25,000 BEFORE US. 1387 00:44:25,001 --> 00:44:27,000 I WONDER, MY FRIEND FROM 1388 00:44:27,001 --> 00:44:30,000 OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE FROM 1389 00:44:30,001 --> 00:44:32,000 TEXAS RECENTLY ASKED, AT 1390 00:44:32,001 --> 00:44:33,000 POINT THE MAJORITY STOPS BLAMING 1391 00:44:33,001 --> 00:44:35,000 THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION. 1392 00:44:35,001 --> 00:44:39,000 I WOULD HOPE THAT AT SOME POINT 1393 00:44:39,001 --> 00:44:41,000 THE MINORITY LOOKS 1394 00:44:41,001 --> 00:44:43,000 DECADE OF REPUBLICAN 1395 00:44:43,001 --> 00:44:44,000 STRANGLEHOLD ON 1396 00:44:44,001 --> 00:44:46,000 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY NOT JUST 1397 00:44:46,001 --> 00:44:50,000 FOR CALIFORNIA BUT THROUGHOUT 1398 00:44:50,001 --> 00:44:52,000 THE WEST THAT BACK. 1399 00:44:52,001 --> 00:44:54,000 WE ARE PLAYING CATCH-UP NOW ON 1400 00:44:54,001 --> 00:44:56,000 THINGS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE DONE 1401 00:44:56,001 --> 00:44:58,000 FOR YEARS IN WATER. 1402 00:44:58,001 --> 00:45:00,000 INFRASTRUCTURE AND WATER POLICY. 1403 00:45:00,001 --> 00:45:02,000 SECOND, THE NOTION THAT SOMEHOW 1404 00:45:02,001 --> 00:45:05,000 WE ARE 1405 00:45:05,001 --> 00:45:07,000 FLOWS INTO THE DELTA AND ON TO 1406 00:45:07,001 --> 00:45:09,000 THE PACIFIC OCEAN, I WILL TELL 1407 00:45:09,001 --> 00:45:12,000 YOU MY FISHERMEN IN THE PACIFIC 1408 00:45:12,001 --> 00:45:13,000 NORTHWEST DON'T THINK THAT IS A WASTE. 1409 00:45:13,001 --> 00:45:17,000 THEY DON'T THINK THE SMELT 1410 00:45:17,001 --> 00:45:18,000 IS A PROXY FOR A CO 1411 00:45:18,001 --> 00:45:20,000 ECOSYSTEM THAT IS POSING 1412 00:45:20,001 --> 00:45:22,000 PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT THE PACIC 1413 00:45:22,001 --> 00:45:25,000 NORTHWEST ON HISTORIC FISHERIES 1414 00:45:25,001 --> 00:45:26,000 AND SPEAKING TO OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IS NOT A 1415 00:45:26,001 --> 00:45:37,000 WASTE. 1416 00:45:37,001 --> 00:45:40,000 . 1417 00:45:40,001 --> 00:45:42,000 TALK ABOUT A MAN-MADE, 1418 00:45:42,001 --> 00:45:44,000 GOVERNMENT- 1419 00:45:44,001 --> 00:45:46,000 FOR HEAVENS SAKES, LOOKS WHAT'S 1420 00:45:46,001 --> 00:45:48,000 HAPPENING TO THE WATER LEVELS. 1421 00:45:48,001 --> 00:45:51,000 LOOK AT THE AREAS THERE WHERE 1422 00:45:51,001 --> 00:45:53,000 THEY DON'T EVEN MONITOR WHAT'S 1423 00:45:53,001 --> 00:45:55,000 HAPPENING WITH GROUNDWATER TO 1424 00:45:55,001 --> 00:45:57,000 KEEP CARUL CONTROL. 1425 00:45:57,001 --> 00:45:59,000 THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE TIED 1426 00:45:59,001 --> 00:46:01,000 ITSELF INTO KNOTS. 1427 00:46:01,001 --> 00:46:03,000 THERE'S A GOVERNMENTAL FAILURE 1428 00:46:03,001 --> 00:46:06,000 ALL RIGHT THAT IF THE FEDERAL 1429 00:46:06,001 --> 00:46:09,000 GOVERNMENT, THE STATE 1430 00:46:09,001 --> 00:46:10,000 GOVERNMENT, WE HAVEN'T DEALT 1431 00:46:10,001 --> 00:46:13,000 CONFLICTS. 1432 00:46:13,001 --> 00:46:14,000 AND SO WE HAVE TREATED FARMERS, 1433 00:46:14,001 --> 00:46:16,000 FISHERMEN, THE ENVIRONMENT AND 1434 00:46:16,001 --> 00:46:20,000 LOCAL COMMUNITIES THAT RELY ON 1435 00:46:20,001 --> 00:46:22,000 THESE SORES, WE'VE TREATED THEM 1436 00:46:22,001 --> 00:46:23,000 SHABBILY. 1437 00:46:23,001 --> 00:46:25,000 NOW WITH THE CLIMATE CHANGE AND 1438 00:46:25,001 --> 00:46:26,000 PERSISTENT DROUGHT AND THE FACT 1439 00:46:26,001 --> 00:46:28,000 THAT SOME PEOPLE WILL N 1440 00:46:28,001 --> 00:46:30,000 BACK AND TAKE IT 1441 00:46:30,001 --> 00:46:32,000 CONG HOME TO ROOST. 1442 00:46:32,001 --> 00:46:35,000 I HOPE THERE IS A MORE SPIRITED 1443 00:46:35,001 --> 00:46:36,000 AND ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT THE 1444 00:46:36,001 --> 00:46:38,000 REALITY. 1445 00:46:38,001 --> 00:46:40,000 I HOPE CA 1446 00:46:40,001 --> 00:46:42,000 TOGETHER ON A STATE LEVEL AND I 1447 00:46:42,001 --> 00:46:45,000 HOPE THEEDERAL -- CAN I HAVE 1448 00:46:45,001 --> 00:46:47,000 30 SECONDS? 1449 00:46:47,001 --> 00:46:48,000 MS. MATSUI: I YIELD 30 SECONDS. 1450 00:46:48,001 --> 00:46:49,000 MR. BLUMENAUER: AND I HOPE THE 1451 00:46:49,001 --> 00:46:50,000 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MAKES UP FOR 1452 00:46:50,001 --> 00:46:52,000 THE LOST DECADE. 1453 00:46:52,001 --> 00:46:55,000 WE ARE IN A SITUATION NOW WHERE 1454 00:46:55,001 --> 00:46:57,000 WATER IS THE PRECIOUS RESOURCE 1455 00:46:57,001 --> 00:47:00,000 FOGOING FORWARD. 1456 00:47:00,001 --> 00:47:02,000 AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IS A 1457 00:47:02,001 --> 00:47:05,000 BLIP ON THE RADAR SCREEN THAT'S 1458 00:47:05,001 --> 00:47:06,000 GOING TO 1459 00:47:06,001 --> 00:47:09,000 EVERY STATE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 1460 00:47:09,001 --> 00:47:11,000 WE BETTER STOP PRETENDING THAT 1461 00:47:11,001 --> 00:47:13,000 THIS IS SOMEHOW GOVERNMENT 1462 00:47:13,001 --> 00:47:15,000 CAUSED. 1463 00:47:15,001 --> 00:47:16,000 TOGETHER, GET POLICIES IN 1464 00:47:16,001 --> 00:47:17,000 PLACE, PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT, 1465 00:47:17,001 --> 00:47:20,000 BE RATIONAL AND BE FAIR. 1466 00:47:20,001 --> 00:47:21,000 THANK YOU. 1467 00:47:21,001 --> 00:47:22,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1468 00:47:22,001 --> 00:47:24,000 GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. 1469 00:47:24,001 --> 00:47:26,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA. MR. DIAZ-BALART: MR. SPEAKER, I 1470 00:47:26,001 --> 00:47:28,000 YIELD TWO MINUTES TO MY FRIEND 1471 00:47:28,001 --> 00:47:29,000 FROM CALIFORNIA, MR. NUNES. 1472 00:47:29,001 --> 00:47:30,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1473 00:47:30,001 --> 00:47:31,000 GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR O 1474 00:47:31,001 --> 00:47:32,000 MINUTES. 1475 00:47:32,001 --> 00:47:34,000 MR. NUNES: I THANK MY FRIEND 1476 00:47:34,001 --> 00:47:35,000 FROM FLORIDA. 1477 00:47:35,001 --> 00:47:36,000 I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 1478 00:47:36,001 --> 00:47:37,000 WE SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON 1479 00:47:37,001 --> 00:47:39,000 THIS ISSUE. 1480 00:47:39,001 --> 00:47:40,000 A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY 1481 00:47:40,001 --> 00:47:41,000 WATCHING OUT THERE AND SAYING 1482 00:47:41,001 --> 00:47:43,000 ARE THESE SALMON FISHERMEN 1483 00:47:43,001 --> 00:47:44,000 REALLY OUT OF WORK? 1484 00:47:44,001 --> 00:47:46,000 THE TRUTH IS THAT THE SALMON 1485 00:47:46,001 --> 00:47:47,000 FISHERMAN CAN STILL FISH. THEY JUST CAN'T FISH FOR 1486 00:47:47,001 --> 00:47:49,000 SALMON. 1487 00:47:49,001 --> 00:47:51,000 AND THAT IS BECAUSE THE 1488 00:47:51,001 --> 00:47:52,000 GOVERNMENT, US, THIS BODY AND 1489 00:47:52,001 --> 00:47:54,000 OTHERS TOLD THE FISHERMEN SAID 1490 00:47:54,001 --> 00:47:55,000 THEY CAN'T FISH FOR SALMON. 1491 00:47:55,001 --> 00:47:58,000 OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD CAN 1492 00:47:58,001 --> 00:48:00,000 FISH FOR SALMON, JUST NOT US. 1493 00:48:00,001 --> 00:48:03,000 NOT ONLY ARE WE NOT ALLOWING 1494 00:48:03,001 --> 00:48:05,000 THE SALMON FISHERMEN TO FISH, 1495 00:48:05,001 --> 00:48:06,000 WE ARE ALSO PAYING THEM NOT TO 1496 00:48:06,001 --> 00:48:07,000 FISH. 1497 00:48:07,001 --> 00:48:09,000 SEVERAL 1498 00:48:09,001 --> 00:48:11,000 WE'VE GIVEN THE SALMON 1499 00:48:11,001 --> 00:48:12,000 FISHERMAN SO THAT THEY WILL NOT 1500 00:48:12,001 --> 00:48:14,000 FISH FOR SALMON. 1501 00:48:14,001 --> 00:48:15,000 MEANWHILE, WE HAVE 40,000 1502 00:48:15,001 --> 00:48:17,000 PEOPLE THAT ARE WITHOUT WORK 1503 00:48:17,001 --> 00:48:20,000 AND THEY GET NOTHING. 1504 00:48:20,001 --> 00:48:22,000 SO THERE'S NO CORRELATION 1505 00:48:22,001 --> 00:48:24,000 BETWEEN THESE PUMPS THAT HAVE 1506 00:48:24,001 --> 00:48:26,000 RUN IN 50 YEARS AND SALMON 1507 00:48:26,001 --> 00:48:28,000 FISHERMEN NOT FISHING EXCEPT 1508 00:48:28,001 --> 00:48:30,000 FOR THIS -- THE GOVERNMENT SAYS 1509 00:48:30,001 --> 00:48:31,000 SALMON FISHERMEN, YOU CAN'T 1510 00:48:31,001 --> 00:48:33,000 FISH FOR SALMON. 1511 00:48:33,001 --> 00:48:35,000 THE GOVERNMENT ALSO SAYS, KEEP 1512 00:48:35,001 --> 00:48:37,000 THE PUMPS SHUT OFF SO THE 1513 00:48:37,001 --> 00:48:39,000 PEOPLE IN THE SAN JOAQUIN 1514 00:48:39,001 --> 00:48:41,000 VALLEY DON'T HAVE ANY WATER AND 1515 00:48:41,001 --> 00:48:42,000 CAN'T GROW ANY CROPS TO PROVIDE 1516 00:48:42,001 --> 00:48:44,000 AMERICANS FOOD. 1517 00:48:44,001 --> 00:48:46,000 SO THIS WHOLE ARGUMENT ABOUT 1518 00:48:46,001 --> 00:48:48,000 THE POOR SALMON FISHERMEN IS 1519 00:48:48,001 --> 00:48:50,000 COMPLETE FICTION. 1520 00:48:50,001 --> 00:48:52,000 I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE MY 1521 00:48:52,001 --> 00:48:55,000 COLLEAGUES WERE -- SOME OF THEM 1522 00:48:55,001 --> 00:48:58,000 THAT WERE IN THIS BODY IN THE 1523 00:48:58,001 --> 00:49:00,000 1980'S WHEN THEY RAN EVERY 1524 00:49:00,001 --> 00:49:02,000 PORTUGUESE AMERICAN FISHERMAN 1525 00:49:02,001 --> 00:49:03,000 OUT OF THE SAN DIEGO AREA. 1526 00:49:03,001 --> 00:49:07,000 THERE WERE SEVERAL THOUSAND 1527 00:49:07,001 --> 00:49:08,000 PORTUGUESE -- MOSTLY PORTUGUESE 1528 00:49:08,001 --> 00:49:09,000 FISHERMEN. 1529 00:49:09,001 --> 00:49:10,000 THEY FISHED FORTUNEA. 1530 00:49:10,001 --> 00:49:13,000 ALL THOSE JOBS WERE LOST TO 1531 00:49:13,001 --> 00:49:15,000 FOREIGN -- THEY FEED FOR TUNA. 1532 00:49:15,001 --> 00:49:16,000 ALL THOSE JOBS WERE LOST TO 1533 00:49:16,001 --> 00:49:17,000 FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 1534 00:49:17,001 --> 00:49:19,000 THIS IS BOGUS. 1535 00:49:19,001 --> 00:49:20,000 ABSOLUTELY BOGUS. 1536 00:49:20,001 --> 00:49:22,000 SHAMEFUL ON THIS BODY. 1537 00:49:22,001 --> 00:49:24,000 I YIELD BACK. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1538 00:49:24,001 --> 00:49:25,000 GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK. 1539 00:49:25,001 --> 00:49:26,000 THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM 1540 00:49:26,001 --> 00:49:27,000 CALIFORNIA. 1541 00:49:27,001 --> 00:49:29,000 MS. MATSUI: I RESERVE MY TIME. 1542 00:49:29,001 --> 00:49:30,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1543 00:49:30,001 --> 00:49:33,000 GENTLEWOMAN RESERVES. 1544 00:49:33,001 --> 00:49:35,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA. 1545 00:49:35,001 --> 00:49:39,000 I'D ASK MY FRIEND, MS. MATSUI, 1546 00:49:39,001 --> 00:49:40,000 WHETHER SHE HAS 1547 00:49:40,001 --> 00:49:41,000 SPEAKER. 1548 00:49:41,001 --> 00:49:42,000 MS. MATSUI: I DO NOT HAVE 1549 00:49:42,001 --> 00:49:45,000 ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS SO IF THE 1550 00:49:45,001 --> 00:49:48,000 GENTLEMAN WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE. 1551 00:49:48,001 --> 00:49:49,000 MR. DIAZ-BALART: THANK YOU. 1552 00:49:49,001 --> 00:49:51,000 MR. SPEAKER, WITH REGARD TO THE 1553 00:49:51,001 --> 00:49:57,000 ISSUES THAT'S BEEN DEBATED, ONE 1554 00:49:57,001 --> 00:50:00,000 THING CONTINUES TO COME TO MIND 1555 00:50:00,001 --> 00:50:02,000 , THE MERITS OF THIS ISSUE, 1556 00:50:02,001 --> 00:50:05,000 THIS WATER RICH UE OF SUCH 1557 00:50:05,001 --> 00:50:07,000 IMPORTANCE TO PEOPLE IN THE SAN 1558 00:50:07,001 --> 00:50:11,000 JOAQUIN VALLEY IN CALIFORNIA 1559 00:50:11,001 --> 00:50:14,000 HAVE BEEN DEBATED DURING THIS 1560 00:50:14,001 --> 00:50:17,000 RULE DEBATE BECAUSE THERE'S NO 1561 00:50:17,001 --> 00:50:21,000 OTHER OPTION. 1562 00:50:21,001 --> 00:50:23,000 THE SUBSTANCE, SUBSTANTIVE 1563 00:50:23,001 --> 00:50:25,000 LEGISLATION, AN AMENDMENT, TWO 1564 00:50:25,001 --> 00:50:27,000 AMENDMENTS, ACTUALLY, THAT MR. 1565 00:50:27,001 --> 00:50:28,000 NUNES CAME TO THE RULES 1566 00:50:28,001 --> 00:50:31,000 COMMITTEE AND ASKED TO BE 1567 00:50:31,001 --> 00:50:33,000 AUTHORIZED FOR DEBATE BY THE 1568 00:50:33,001 --> 00:50:35,000 HOUSE BUT THEY WERE DENIED. 1569 00:50:35,001 --> 00:50:36,000 THEY WERE NOT MADE IN ORDER SO 1570 00:50:36,001 --> 00:50:41,000 THERE WAS NO OTHER OPTION. 1571 00:50:41,001 --> 00:50:44,000 BUT DURING THE TIME WHEN WE ARE 1572 00:50:44,001 --> 00:50:46,000 DEBATING THE RULE, THE TERMS OF 1573 00:50:46,001 --> 00:50:48,000 DEBATE FOR AN UNDERLYING BILL 1574 00:50:48,001 --> 00:50:50,000 THAT WILL SUBSEQUENTLY BE 1575 00:50:50,001 --> 00:50:53,000 DEBATED, THIS IS THE ONLY OTHER 1576 00:50:53,001 --> 00:50:54,000 TIME WHEN MR. NUNES AND OTHERS 1577 00:50:54,001 --> 00:50:57,000 WHO KNOW THIS ISSUE SO 1578 00:50:57,001 --> 00:50:59,000 INTIMATELY AND FEEL IT SO 1579 00:50:59,001 --> 00:51:00,000 APROPRIATELY, SO PASSIONATELY, 1580 00:51:00,001 --> 00:51:02,000 IN REPRESENTATION OF THEIR 1581 00:51:02,001 --> 00:51:03,000 CONSTITUENTS, IT'S THE ONLY 1582 00:51:03,001 --> 00:51:06,000 OPPORTUNITY THEY HAVE TO BE 1583 00:51:06,001 --> 00:51:07,000 ABLE T 1584 00:51:07,001 --> 00:51:09,000 EDUCATE US. 1585 00:51:09,001 --> 00:51:11,000 AND IT'S A SHAME BECAUSE THE 1586 00:51:11,001 --> 00:51:13,000 CONGRESS AS A WHOLE, THE HOUSE 1587 00:51:13,001 --> 00:51:14,000 AS A WHOLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO 1588 00:51:14,001 --> 00:51:20,000 DEBATE THIS ISSUE AND CONSIDER 1589 00:51:20,001 --> 00:51:22,000 IT AND DECIDE IT. 1590 00:51:22,001 --> 00:51:24,000 MR. SPEAKER, OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 1591 00:51:24,001 --> 00:51:26,000 HAVE WRITTEN AND CALLED MANY OF 1592 00:51:26,001 --> 00:51:30,000 US AND MADE THEIR OPINIONS 1593 00:51:30,001 --> 00:51:31,000 KNOWN AT MEETINGS ASKING US 1594 00:51:31,001 --> 00:51:33,000 WHETHER WE PLEDGED TO READ 1595 00:51:33,001 --> 00:51:38,000 BILLS BEFORE WE VOTE ON THEM. 1596 00:51:38,001 --> 00:51:40,000 THE REASON IS THAT MANY PEOPLE 1597 00:51:40,001 --> 00:51:42,000 WERE OUTRAGED WHEN THEY FOUND OUT THAT THE MAJORITY 1598 00:51:42,001 --> 00:51:44,000 LEADERSHIP FORCED THE CONGRESS 1599 00:51:44,001 --> 00:51:45,000 TO VOTE ON A NUMBER OF SWEEPING 1600 00:51:45,001 --> 00:51:47,000 AND VERY EXPENSIVE BILLS 1601 00:51:47,001 --> 00:51:49,000 WITHOUT GIVING MEMBERS TIME TO 1602 00:51:49,001 --> 00:51:50,000 UNDERSTAND OR EVEN READ THE 1603 00:51:50,001 --> 00:51:53,000 BILLS. 1604 00:51:53,001 --> 00:51:56,000 FOR EXAMPLE, WE WERE FORCED TO 1605 00:51:56,001 --> 00:51:58,000 VOTE ON THE FINAL SO-CALLED 1606 00:51:58,001 --> 00:52:00,000 STIMULUS BILL AND ON THE 1607 00:52:00,001 --> 00:52:02,000 OMNIBUS APPROPRIATIONS BILL AND 1608 00:52:02,001 --> 00:52:04,000 ON A CAP AND TRADE BILL. 1609 00:52:04,001 --> 00:52:05,000 I REMEMBER THAT ONE WAS 1610 00:52:05,001 --> 00:52:07,000 PRESENTED TO US AT 3:0 1611 00:52:07,001 --> 00:52:08,000 MORNING IN THE RULES COMMITTEE 1612 00:52:08,001 --> 00:52:10,000 AND A FEW HOURS AFTER THAT WE 1613 00:52:10,001 --> 00:52:11,000 HAD IT ON THE FLOOR. 1614 00:52:11,001 --> 00:52:13,000 ALL THOSE BILLS WERE PASSED 1615 00:52:13,001 --> 00:52:14,000 WITHOUT MEMBERS BEING ABLE TO 1616 00:52:14,001 --> 00:52:16,000 READ THEM. 1617 00:52:16,001 --> 00:52:18,000 HAVING TIME TO DO SO. 1618 00:52:18,001 --> 00:52:21,000 THAT'S NO WAY TO RUN THE HOUSE. 1619 00:52:21,001 --> 00:52:23,000 AND SO OUR CONSTITUENTS E 1620 00:52:23,001 --> 00:52:26,000 RIGHTFULLY UPSET. 1621 00:52:26,001 --> 00:52:27,000 YOU WOULD THINK THAT THIS ISSUE 1622 00:52:27,001 --> 00:52:28,000 OF SUFFICIENT TIME TO READ 1623 00:52:28,001 --> 00:52:30,000 LEGISLATION SHOULD NOT BE 1624 00:52:30,001 --> 00:52:33,000 CONTROVERSIAL. 1625 00:52:33,001 --> 00:52:34,000 THE DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER 1626 00:52:34,001 --> 00:52:36,000 PUBLISHED -- SHE SAY THED, AND 1627 00:52:36,001 --> 00:52:38,000 I QUOTE, MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE AT 1628 00:52:38,001 --> 00:52:40,000 LEAST 24 HOURS TO EXAMINE 1629 00:52:40,001 --> 00:52:42,000 BILLS, CONFERENCE REPORTS 1630 00:52:42,001 --> 00:52:44,000 BEFORE FLOOR CONSIDERATION. 1631 00:52:44,001 --> 00:52:45,000 AND YET THAT'S NOT BEEN THE 1632 00:52:45,001 --> 00:52:48,000 CASE. 1633 00:52:48,001 --> 00:52:52,000 TIME AFTER TIME AFTER TIME. 1634 00:52:52,001 --> 00:52:54,000 SO 182 MEMBERS HAVE SIGNED A DISCHARGED PETITION IN THE -- 1635 00:52:54,001 --> 00:52:56,000 THE FRONT DESK THAT WOULD 1636 00:52:56,001 --> 00:52:57,000 REQUIRE ALL LEGISLATION TO BE 1637 00:52:57,001 --> 00:52:59,000 MADE AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS OF 1638 00:52:59,001 --> 00:53:02,000 CONGRESS FOR AT LEAST 72 HOURS 1639 00:53:02,001 --> 00:53:03,000 BEFOR 1640 00:53:03,001 --> 00:53:05,000 BROUGHT TO THE HOUSE FLOOR FOR 1641 00:53:05,001 --> 00:53:07,000 A VOTE. SO ACCORDINGLY, I WILL BE 1642 00:53:07,001 --> 00:53:09,000 ASKING FOR A NO VOTE ON THE 1643 00:53:09,001 --> 00:53:11,000 PREVIOUS QUESTION SO WE CAN AMEND THE RULE AND ALLOW THE 1644 00:53:11,001 --> 00:53:13,000 HOUSE TO CONSIDER THAT 1645 00:53:13,001 --> 00:53:15,000 LEGISLATION, HOUSE RESOLUTION 1646 00:53:15,001 --> 00:53:17,000 544, A BIPARTISAN BL BY MY 1647 00:53:17,001 --> 00:53:20,000 FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES, 1648 00:53:20,001 --> 00:53:21,000 REPRESENTATIVES BAIRD AND 1649 00:53:21,001 --> 00:53:22,000 CULBERSON. 1650 00:53:22,001 --> 00:53:26,000 NOW, WITH REGARD TO ANY MEMBERS 1651 00:53:26,001 --> 00:53:29,000 BEING CONCERNED THAT MAY 1652 00:53:29,001 --> 00:53:31,000 JEOPARDIZE CONSIDERATION OF THE 1653 00:53:31,001 --> 00:53:33,000 UNDERLYING LEGISLATION, I WANT 1654 00:53:33,001 --> 00:53:35,000 TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THIS 1655 00:53:35,001 --> 00:53:36,000 MOTION PROVIDES SEPARATE 1656 00:53:36,001 --> 00:53:38,000 CONSIDERATION OF THE 1657 00:53:38,001 --> 00:53:40,000 BAIRD-CULBERSON BILL WITHIN 1658 00:53:40,001 --> 00:53:41,000 THREE DAYS SO THAT WE CAN VOTE 1659 00:53:41,001 --> 00:53:44,000 ON THIS UNDERLYING LEGISLATION, 1660 00:53:44,001 --> 00:53:45,000 THE WATER BILL, AND THEN ONCE 1661 00:53:45,001 --> 00:53:47,000 WE ARE DOING CONSIDER HOUSE 1662 00:53:47,001 --> 00:53:51,000 RESOLUTION 4. 1663 00:53:51,001 --> 00:53:53,000 HAVING SAID T 1664 00:53:53,001 --> 00:53:54,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1665 00:53:54,001 --> 00:53:56,000 GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK. 1666 00:53:56,001 --> 00:53:57,000 THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM 1667 00:53:57,001 --> 00:53:59,000 CALIFORNIA. 1668 00:53:59,001 --> 00:54:00,000 MS. MATSUI: MR. SPEAKER, I 1669 00:54:00,001 --> 00:54:01,000 YIELD MYSELF THE REMAINDER OF 1670 00:54:01,001 --> 00:54:02,000 MY TIME. 1671 00:54:02,001 --> 00:54:04,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1672 00:54:04,001 --> 00:54:05,000 GENTLEWOMAN IS RECOGNIZED. 1673 00:54:05,001 --> 00:54:06,000 MS. MATSUI: THE RULE BEFORE US 1674 00:54:06,001 --> 00:54:07,000 TODAY IS A FAIR RULE THAT 1675 00:54:07,001 --> 00:54:09,000 ALLOWS US TO MAKE A STRONG 1676 00:54:09,001 --> 00:54:10,000 FEDERAL COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINING CALIFORNIA'S 1677 00:54:10,001 --> 00:54:12,000 ECONOMY. 1678 00:54:12,001 --> 00:54:13,000 WATER SUPPLY AND OUR 1679 00:54:13,001 --> 00:54:15,000 ENVIRONMENT. 1680 00:54:15,001 --> 00:54:17,000 THIS BILL WAS REPORTED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE NATURAL 1681 00:54:17,001 --> 00:54:18,000 RESOURCES COMMITTEE ON 1682 00:54:18,001 --> 00:54:20,000 SEPTEMBER 29. 1683 00:54:20,001 --> 00:54:21,000 IT WAS VOTED ON UNDER 1684 00:54:21,001 --> 00:54:22,000 SESSSPENTION ON SEPTEMBER 30. 1685 00:54:22,001 --> 00:54:25,000 THERE HAS BEEN AMPLE TIME FOR 1686 00:54:25,001 --> 00:54:27,000 THE 1687 00:54:27,001 --> 00:54:28,000 LEGISLATION. 1688 00:54:28,001 --> 00:54:31,000 NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT ON IT. 1689 00:54:31,001 --> 00:54:34,000 THE BAY AREA REGIONAL WATER RECYCLING EXTENSION ACT WOULD 1690 00:54:34,001 --> 00:54:35,000 LESSEN THE LIMITED DEMAND FOR 1691 00:54:35,001 --> 00:54:36,000 FRESH WATER BY THE REGION AND 1692 00:54:36,001 --> 00:54:38,000 THE STATE. 1693 00:54:38,001 --> 00:54:40,000 IT IS CRITICAL -- IT IS 1694 00:54:40,001 --> 00:54:42,000 CRITICAL THAT WE AVOID PARTISAN 1695 00:54:42,001 --> 00:54:45,000 DEBATE AND DISAGREEMENTS OVER 1696 00:54:45,001 --> 00:54:48,000 WATER ISSUES AND PASS THIS 1697 00:54:48,001 --> 00:54:49,000 LEGISLATION. 1698 00:54:49,001 --> 00:54:51,000 MOREOVER, THE HOUSE HAS ALREADY 1699 00:54:51,001 --> 00:54:52,000 EXPEDIT 1700 00:54:52,001 --> 00:54:55,000 A BIPARTISAN COLLECTION OF 1701 00:54:55,001 --> 00:54:56,000 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS ACROS 1702 00:54:56,001 --> 00:54:58,000 CALIFORNIA. 1703 00:54:58,001 --> 00:55:00,000 THE SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY 1704 00:55:00,001 --> 00:55:02,000 RECYCLING PROJECT WAS PASSED IN 1705 00:55:02,001 --> 00:55:06,000 FEBRUARY, AND MR. -- IN 1706 00:55:06,001 --> 00:55:08,000 CALVERT'S DISTRICT. 1707 00:55:08,001 --> 00:55:11,000 AND ONE WAS PASSED IN APRIL IN 1708 00:55:11,001 --> 00:55:15,000 MR. BILBRAY'S DISTRICT. 1709 00:55:15,001 --> 00:55:19,000 THE MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT WAS APPROVED IN 1710 00:55:19,001 --> 00:55:20,000 SEPT 1711 00:55:20,001 --> 00:55:21,000 THE MAGNA WATER REDISTRICT IN 1712 00:55:21,001 --> 00:55:23,000 UTAH WAS PASSED FOR MR. 1713 00:55:23,001 --> 00:55:27,000 CHAFFETZ'S DISTRICT. 1714 00:55:27,001 --> 00:55:29,000 THE HERNISTON WATER PROJECT IN 1715 00:55:29,001 --> 00:55:30,000 OREGON W 1716 00:55:30,001 --> 00:55:33,000 WALDEN'S DISTRICT. 1717 00:55:33,001 --> 00:55:35,000 AND THE TULLLY WATER ACT WAS 1718 00:55:35,001 --> 00:55:39,000 PASSED BY A VOICE OF 417-3 I 1719 00:55:39,001 --> 00:55:40,000 JULY FOR MR. NUNES' DISTRICT. 1720 00:55:40,001 --> 00:55:42,000 MR. SPEAKER, IT IS CLEAR THAT 1721 00:55:42,001 --> 00:55:44,000 LOCAL WATER PROJECTS TYPICALLY 1722 00:55:44,001 --> 00:55:47,000 HAVE BIPARTISAN SUPPORT HERE IN 1723 00:55:47,001 --> 00:55:48,000 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 1724 00:55:48,001 --> 00:55:49,000 I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT MY 1725 00:55:49,001 --> 00:55:51,000 COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 1726 00:55:51,001 --> 00:55:53,000 THE AISLE HAVE SET ASIDE THAT 1727 00:55:53,001 --> 00:55:55,000 TRADITION FORCING US TO BRING 1728 00:55:55,001 --> 00:55:57,000 THIS RULE TO THE FLOOR TODAY. 1729 00:55:57,001 --> 00:56:00,000 I URGE A YES VOTE ON THE 1730 00:56:00,001 --> 00:56:01,000 PREVIOUS QUESTION A 1731 00:56:01,001 --> 00:56:02,000 RULE. 1732 00:56:02,001 --> 00:56:04,000 I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY 1733 00:56:04,001 --> 00:56:06,000 TIME, AND I MOVE THE PREVIOUS 1734 00:56:06,001 --> 00:56:08,000 QUESTION ON THE RESOLUTION. 1735 00:56:08,001 --> 00:56:09,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1736 00:56:09,001 --> 00:56:10,000 QUESTION IS ON ORDERING THE 1737 00:56:10,001 --> 00:56:11,000 PREVIOUS QUESTION ON THE 1738 00:56:11,001 --> 00:56:12,000 RESOLUTION. 1739 00:56:12,001 --> 00:56:15,000 THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 1740 00:56:15,001 --> 00:56:17,000 THOSE OPPOSED, NO. 1741 00:56:17,001 --> 00:56:18,000 IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR, 1742 00:56:18,001 --> 00:56:19,000 THE AYES HAVE IT. 1743 00:56:19,001 --> 00:56:21,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA. 1744 00:56:21,001 --> 00:56:22,000 MR. DIAZ-BALART: MR. SPEAKER, 1745 00:56:22,001 --> 00:56:24,000 WE REQUEST THE YEAS AND NAYS. 1746 00:56:24,001 --> 00:56:26,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1747 00:56:26,001 --> 00:56:28,000 YEAS AND NAYS ARE REQUESTED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TAKING 1748 00:56:28,001 --> 00:56:29,000 THIS VOTE BY THY THE YEAS AND NAYS 1749 00:56:29,001 --> 00:56:31,000 WILL RISE. 1750 00:56:31,001 --> 00:56:32,000 A SUFFICIENT NUMBER HAVING 1751 00:56:32,001 --> 00:56:33,000 ARISEN, THE YEAS AND NAYS ARE 1752 00:56:33,001 --> 00:56:34,000 ORDERED. 1753 00:56:34,001 --> 00:56:36,000 MEMBERS WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES 1754 00:56:36,001 --> 00:56:37,000 BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE. 1755 00:56:37,001 --> 00:56:40,000 PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 9 OF RULE 1756 00:56:40,001 --> 00:56:41,000 20, THE CHAIR WILL REDUCE TO 1757 00:56:41,001 --> 00:56:43,000 FIVE MINUTES THE MINIMUM TIME 1758 00:56:43,001 --> 00:56:44,000 FO