Today, the House Natural Resources Committee approved on a bipartisan basis H.R. 1837, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act. The bill will restore the flow of water to farms and rural communities, while protecting the property rights of all Californians. It will also make unnecessary the construction of a $12 billion peripheral canal to bypass the Bay-Delta. “I commend the hard ... Read more »
Representative Devin Nunes (CA-21) today announced that the House Natural Resources Committee has scheduled a markup for H.R. 1837, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act. The markup will occur on Thursday, February 16, 2012. Consideration by the full House is expected in the coming weeks. "I am pleased that after four years of inaction by Democratic super-majorities in Congress, ... Read more »
Congressman Nunes today released the following statement following the White House announcement that the San Joaquin River restoration would be one of President Obama’s top 14 infrastructure projects. “This announcement is astounding. The President claims to be for creating jobs but unless you are a career activist in the radical environmental movement, you are simply out of luck. With California ... Read more »
President Obama claims to support jobs through investments in infrastructure. Yet his actions suggest his real priority is to deliver political favors to left-wing activists. Here is what the President promised on November 2, 2011— “no more earmarks, no more bridges to nowhere. We're going to stop the picking of projects based on political gain and start picking them based on two criteria: how bad... Read more »
The Department of Interior, established in 1849, once led the development of the world’s most ambitious infrastructure projects. Those projects included such visionary work as the construction of Hoover Dam, which remains one of the world’s largest structures, as well as the Central Valley Project, an unprecedented system of reservoirs and canals that protect the Central Valley of California from... Read more »
Today, Rep. Devin Nunes called on House leaders to use Congressional Oversight authority to investigate the abuses of the Department of Interior in light of a recent court ruling calling into question the integrity and leadership of the department. “The House should open an immediate investigation into the actions of Secretary Salazar and others at Interior in relation to California water policy. ... Read more »
Representatives Devin Nunes (CA-21), Ron Kind (WI-03), Tom Cole (OK-03), Earl Blumenauer (OR-3), and Senators Debbie Stabenow (MI) and John Thune (SD) today announced the bi-cameral introduction of legislation that will provide a tax exemption for agricultural research. The legislation introduced today seeks to spur the research and innovation necessary to double food production by 2050 when the g... Read more »
Today, Rep. Devin Nunes introduced the Agriculture Trade Facilitation Act, a bill intended to improve the outcome of trade negotiations for American farmers by establishing the overall and principal negotiating objectives of the United States. "American farmers produce the highest quality dairy products, fruits, vegetables, grains and fibers in the world. In my district alone, famers grow hundreds... Read more »
Over the past several weeks, there has been a steady rant against the San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act, including an editorial by this paper ("Wading into the water war," June 19). Unfortunately these opinions disregard basic facts and are helping to perpetuate the phony and disingenuous arguments of liberals who have suggested HR1837 would somehow destroy the Sacramento-San Joaquin River ... Read more »
During the debate in Congress over the San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act, there have been a lot of excuses used to defend government-imposed water shortages. Many of the most troubling statements about our region have been posted on my YouTube Channel or are discussed in my blog. However, I prepared this document because it is important for us to understand the distortions used against reform and to respond to them with facts. Read more »
