Democrats Deny Radanovich Amendments to Bring Water to San Joaquin Valley
San Francisco Bay Environmentalists Pull in More Water and Money
Washington,
Oct 14 -
Congressman George Radanovich (R-Mariposa) today offered two amendments to H.R. 2442, the Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program Expansion Act of 2009, which altered the bill to ensure that it would have brought vital water to the San Joaquin Valley. H.R. 2442, authored by Rep. George Miller (D-CA), spends $38 million on water projects for the San Francisco Bay area while the San Joaquin Valley is left dry.
“H.R. 2442 is nothing more than another water giveaway to bay area environmentalists,” said Radanovich. “My two amendments would have guaranteed water flows to the San Joaquin Valley for our agriculture production that feeds the entire nation; but yet again, radical environmentalist out to destroy California agriculture prevented my amendments from even being allowed a vote on the House floor.”
The first Radanovich amendment would have inserted a provision that prevented any of the new water project authorizations in H.R. 2442 from being implemented until the Secretary of the Interior certifies that the Two Gates project in the San Joaquin-Sacramento Delta is complete.
The second amendment would have inserted Rep. Radanovich’s previously introduced legislation, H.R. 856, the California Drought Alleviation Act (CDAA), to the end of H.R. 2442. The CDAA would temporarily suspend the Endangered Species Act restrictions on the Delta Pumps during times of drought emergency until such conditions are alleviated.
Both amendments were defeated in the House Committee on Rules.
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