Environment

Garamendi invited House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson and Val Dolcini, State Executive Director of the USDA, to join a discussion with local rice farmers and duck hunters.

His bill, the SAFE Levee Act, provides a funding stream for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta region’s flood infrastructure and calls for a rigorous cost-benefit analysis of the BDCP.

Garamendi Praises Agreement on Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Near Term Projects and Inclusion of Rio Vista Estuarine Research Station

Garamendi Introduces SAFE Levee Act to Protect Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Region

The Production Tax Credit has fostered a wind energy industry that has created thousands of jobs in California and across the country and continues to grow. Instead of tearing down the wind turbines that are being built, we need to strengthen our energy independence and Make It In America.

"Our tax money should go toward U.S. manufacturing, employing American workers. When we Make It In America, Americans can make it once again."

"Today I flew back to California to make it clear to state and federal lawmakers where I stand: the 9,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) conveyance facility being proposed could wreak havoc on the Delta and the jobs it sustains and put existing water rights in the Delta and Northern California at risk," said Congressman John Garamendi. "It is possible for California to solve its water problems, but the Delta and Northern California counties must be at the table, and it will take a comprehensive, multifaceted approach, not just a piece of plumbing in the Delta. We must address the needs of all Californians by prioritizing storage, conservation, recycling, levee improvements, and habitat restoration. A BDCP without these elements is incomplete at best."

"The BDCP process is heading toward the creation of a massive water diversion facility that could destroy the entire Delta," said Congressman John Garamendi (CA-10). "The only protection against this catastrophe is existing water rights and environmental laws at the federal and state levels, which the House of Representatives has already voted to completely overturn with the disastrous HR 1837. Instead of moving headlong on this dangerous course, we must develop an overarching water vision for California that includes critical improvements for the Delta's levee infrastructure, coupled with increased water recycling, conservation, and storage."