House Proceeding 07-15-09 on Jul 15th, 2009 :: 1:48:00 to 1:49:20
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1:47:56 to 1:48:17( Edit History Discussion )

George Radanovich: not friends of ours. so this is a great step in the i want to congratulate mr. boren on the amendment. you're doing good work. thanks an awful lot. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. boren: i'm going to still reserve. the chair: reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from new jersey.

1:48:00 to 1:49:20( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: George Radanovich

1:48:18 to 1:48:38( Edit History Discussion )

George Radanovich: mr. frelinghuysen: mr. chairman, i yield a minute to mr. row dan very much of california. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. mr. radanovich: thank you, mr. chair. i'm using this opportunity to speak for the bill that was previous because i was not able to get out of committee to come down for the debate. but i want to rise in support of the cardoza amendment. as you are well aware,

1:48:39 to 1:48:59( Edit History Discussion )

George Radanovich: california's in the midst of a devastating man made drought. any action to help alleviate the drought is needed. facilitating transfers of water from areas of california that have water to spare to send to the westlands and the valley is a good start but we must have increased pumping out of the delta. i'd like to commend my colleagues, mr. cardoza, mr. costa, mr. nunes, for their hard work and efforts in offering solutions to the drought in

1:49:00 to 1:49:20( Edit History Discussion )

George Radanovich: california and in the meantime, temporary solutions such as two gates and the canal project are necessary to keep farmers in the valley farming. these projects must be constructed and online by this fall in order to provide any relief to this terrible drought. the only way to keep the state of california strong is to change the water infrastructure, california water system cannot continue as it is.