California Water Crisis

Remarks in Support of The Grow Act (H.R. 23)

July 12, 2017

In California, five years of historic drought caused billions of dollars of damage to our economy, destroyed tens of thousands of jobs and brought many communities within just months of literally running out of water – all because we couldn’t store water from the wet years to assure plenty in the drought years.

Issues:California Water Crisis

Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act Passes House

June 22, 2017

Speeches

Legislation authored by Congressman McClintock, H.R. 1654, passed the House on June 22, 2017. The legislation next goes to the Senate.

Issues:California Water Crisis

H.R.1654 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act

April 26, 2017

Speeches

Droughts are nature’s fault. Water shortages are OUR fault. Water shortages are a choice we made a generation ago when we stopped building new reservoirs to meet the needs of a growing population. We will not solve our water shortages until we build new reservoirs. And we cannot build new reservoirs until we overhaul the radical environmental laws that have made their construction endlessly time consuming and ultimately cost prohibitive.

Issues:California Water CrisisGovernment RegulationLegislationNatural Resources Committee

WRDA - A Critical Moment for Tahoe and the West

December 7, 2016

Speeches

WRDA Conference Report: Water for California; Fire Protection for Tahoe. The conference report on the Water Resources Development Act is the product of many, many hours of good-faith negotiations between the House and Senate and between Republicans and Democrats.

Issues:CaliforniaCalifornia Water CrisisForest FireLocal IssuesNatural Resources Committee

Paying for Infrastructure Without Soaking the Taxpayer

December 1, 2016

Speeches

President-elect Trump has many difficult fiscal tasks ahead – one of which is to promote long-overdue infrastructure construction at a time when the national debt exceeds our entire economy and interest costs alone are eating us alive. Some have said that a rebounding economy resulting from tax reform will pay for it. That may be, but it’s not guaranteed; it cannot be accurately forecast; and we’ll need any new revenues to beef up our defenses and reduce our deficit – two other critical objectives of the new administration.

Issues:CaliforniaCalifornia Water CrisisFiscal and EconomicGovernment Regulation

H.R. 5303 Water Resources Development Act: YES

September 28, 2016

Vote Notes on Legislation

H.R. 5303 - Water Resources Development Act: YES. On the plus side, out of a total of $10.5 billion for projects across the nation, this bill authorizes $1.6 billion for flood control projects in the Sacramento Delta. (Of course, this would have been unnecessary if the Auburn Dam had been completed, but at the moment that’s, um, water under the bridge).

Issues:California Water Crisis

Folsom Dam - Third Phase Completion of Improvement Project

August 27, 2015

Speeches

It’s ironic that we are celebrating progress on a facility to rapidly release water out of Folsom Lake while we are in the fourth year of an historic drought and the lake is nearly empty. This spillway project is a reminder that the previous generation built these great dams not only to protect us against water shortages in dry years, but also to protect us against floods in wet ones. This combination of water storage and flood protection is what makes it possible to sustain a thriving and prosperous human population throughout this region.

Issues:California Water CrisisFiscal and EconomicGovernment RegulationNatural Resources CommitteeLocal IssuesCalifornia

H.R. 2898 – California Water Bill Passes House

July 16, 2015

Speeches

Congressman McClintock is a co-author of H.R. 2898 (Valadao) the Western Water and American Food Security Act. The legislation was approved by the House on July 16th, 2015. The bill next goes to the Senate. Congressman McClintock delivered the following remarks in support of H.R.

Issues:California Water CrisisFiscal and EconomicNatural Resources CommitteeLocal IssuesCalifornia

Grijalva Amendment to H.R. 2898

July 16, 2015

Speeches

Congressman McClintock is a co-author of H.R. 2898 (Valadao) the Western Water and American Food Security Act. The legislation was approved by the House on July 16th, 2015. The bill next goes to the Senate. During House floor debate the Congressman spoke in opposition to an amendment offered to the bill by Rep. Grijalva.

Issues:California Water CrisisNatural Resources Committee

California Water Bill - HR 2898

July 8, 2015

Press Release

Congressman McClintock is a co-author of H.R. 2898 (Valadao), the Western Water and American Food Security Act of 2015. The legislation was approved by the House Natural Resources Committee on July 9th, 2015. The bill next goes to the House floor. Congressman McClintock delivered the following remarks in the House Natural Resources Committee in support of the measure:

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