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M. Speaker:
Those who blame the drought for the tragedy unfolding in California’s Central Valley ignore the fact that this is a very mild drought by historical standards and that in far worse droughts in the past, far more water was delivered to the Central Valley. I wonder if the proponents seriously deny that 200 billion gallons of water have been diverted to meet various environmental regulations.
Representative McClintock Announces Town Hall Meetings in Plumas and Sierra Counties:
Monday, Oct. 12, 12:00 PM, Chester, Plumas County, Memorial Hall, 225 Gay Street and
Monday, Oct. 12, 5:00 PM, Downieville, Sierra County, Community Hall, 327 Main Street
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the opportunity to comment on the three Water and Power Subcommittee bills before us today.
Representative Tom McClintock’s office learned today that Lake Clementine will remain open through fiscal year 2010, and that the Bureau of Reclamation will continue to fund and manage recreation and land use at the lake through that time.
Below is a letter to Auburn Mayor Jim Holmes. Representative McClintock will continue to press for a lasting solution that will keep Lake Clementine open.
Letter from Representative McClintock to Mayor Mike Holmes:
September 25, 2009
Mayor Mike Holmes
City of Auburn
1225 Lincoln Way
Auburn, CA 95603
House Chamber, Washington, D.C. September 16, 2009. M. Speaker: This measure is very much a case study in how a public option becomes a public monopoly in the span of just a few years.
In 1993, the government created the Direct Loan Program under the pretext that it was just another option to increase consumer choice. There was only one problem: consumers never warmed to it. At its peak, the government Direct Loan Program only attracted 34 percent of loan volume. Today, even with the financial difficulties in the private sector, it has only earned 27 percent of the market.
September 10, 2009. Thank you Mr. Chairman. First of all, I want to say what a delight it has been to work with Chairwoman Napolitano, who has given all of these bills a fair, balanced and complete hearing.
We have six Water and Power subcommittee bills before us today. They are bi-partisan and well intentioned and seek to stretch scarce water supplies throughout the Southwest. But I do have some serious concerns that need to be addressed in the near future.
IMPORTANT NOTE: CAMERON PARK TOWN HALL HAS BEEN MOVED DUE TO ANTICIPATED CROWD SIZE.
Now held at Ponderosa High School in Shingle Springs 3661 Ponderosa Road, 4:30 p.m September 5.
Representative McClintock Announces Town Hall Meetings
Sept. 1, 6:00 pm
Granite Bay/Roseville
Granite Bay High School Gym
1 Grizzly Way
Sept 3rd 5:00 pm
Susanville
Jensen Hall, Lassen County Fair Grounds
Sept. 4, 6:00 pm
Grass Valley
Veterans Hall, 255 S. Auburn St
It is an honor to be here today in the presence of such Titans as Senators Feinstein and Ensign and Governor Gibbons, who have done so much for the environment and the economy of Lake Tahoe. And it is, after all a dual mission that we have: first, to preserve and protect this beautiful resource for the enjoyment of future generations and second, within these parameters, to maximize its use for the enjoyment of the present generation.
These two goals are not mutually exclusive.
Washington, DC – Congressman Tom McClintock has selected Claire Mars of Alta Sierra, California as his nominee to the 2009 Fall Congressional Page Program. Mars, a sixteen year old junior at William & Marian Ghidotti High School, will serve as a page in the U.S .House of Representatives for the fall semester which runs from late August 2009 through January 2010.
“I’m very excited to be selected as a Congressional page,” Mars said. “I hope to learn a lot more about how the Congress works, and meet new friends from all around the nation.”
July 31, 2009. Mr. Speaker: I rise to pay tribute to a young man who gave his life last week while fighting the Backbone Fire in the Trinity Alps Wilderness.
Thomas Marovich, Jr. was just 20 years old. He was in his second year with the U.S. Forest Service assigned to the Modoc National Forest. He was training with the Chester Helitack Crew assigned to the Backbone Fire when a training accident claimed his life.
He was born and raised in Hayward, but had come to Northeastern California to protect our forests, our communities and our citizens from the ravages of fire.