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H.R. 1837 Markup, Natural Resources Committee [p.1]
H.R. 1837 Markup, Natural Resources Committee [p.1]

 The San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act Moves Foreward

 

Last week, the San Joaquin Valley Reliability Act H.R. 1837 Markup was completed and now moves forward to the full House for a vote on the bill.  The bill is a comprehensive regional solution to government-imposed water shortages.  It places into statute the 1994 agreement known as the Bay-Delta Accord, which received bipartisan support and praise.  That agreement promised to end regulatory uncertainty and assured a reliable supply of water for communities, farms and the environment .

 

Senator Diane Feinstein, Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, said: "I strongly oppose this bill, which I believe is dramatic overkill. Its reverberations would include waiving the state and federal Endangered Species Acts for water pumping from the Delta and the return of many environmental regulations to 1994 levels."

  

 

In 1994, as Executive Director of the California Watershed Posse Coordinated Resource Management and Planning Council, I whole heartedly supported the 1994 Bay-Delta Accord.  That agreement was hailed by the Clinton Administration as a model for the settlement of long standing competing water interests.  Interior Secretary Bruce Babitt commended that Accord as " a powerful case study"... that could untimately save the Endangered Sepcies Act.  Senator Dianne Feinstein offered strong support for the Bay-Delta Accord and takes credit for facilitating the agreement.  "The Bay-Delta Accord provides a roadmap for meeting the twin objectives of ecosystem restoration and improved water supply."

  

 

I am extremely concerned with the many  laws and regulations that nullified our God given "Unalienable Rights" of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness found in the Declaration of Independence.   The state of California and the federal government have replaced our God given rights with an  Administrative State's regulatory culture that already has cost America billions, if not trillions, stifled economic growth and infringed on fundamental personal liberties.  These massive and unaccountable bureaucarcies have taken our property rights, rescinded our senior water rights, as well as removing our right to use our energy generating natural resouces that are secured by the 9th and 14th amendment of our U.S. Constitution. 

  

 

I do solemnly swear that I, Oscar Alejandro Braun,  will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.

  

 

 

 

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