. >>> a sacramento congressman, dan lun cen, is -- dan lungren is seeking to return the valley to its natural state. there are many hurdles, the first one being where the drinking water would be stored. lungren has a zero rating from conservation voters. >>> the first snow of the season, it wasn't much. there just .17. that that smacks it the smallest snowpack in 0 years, which -- 80 years, which has some concerned. >> we've already lost december. we're looking at looking january and then you start to think we're just not gonna catch up. >> californians don't have to worry about drought conditions. that's because our reservoirs are above normal. >>> we are looking for the rain but still the dry weather pattern is here to stay. a bit of haze out there looking out towards the golden gate bridge. more sunshine expected for your wednesday afternoon. the live doppler, not much in the way of it. in fact, no rain shower activity to be tracked. a few high clouds will be mixed with sun. the warmest locations are beginning to sneak up in the 60s out toward fairfield, concord, mountain view chec

lungren, for five minutes. mr. lungren: request unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. lungren: thank you very much, mr. speaker. first i would just say to the gentlelady who just spoke that i do not doubt that the president wishes to create jobs. the fact of the matter is he just doesn't know how. the record would suggest to that. when i first came to this house the year was 1979, january, we were in the midst of what history has shown us as concluded was a failed presidency. we had something called the misery index. we had unemployment rising. we had inflation rates around 20%. we had by all gauges a difficult time, a time that many people looked upon with despair and many suggested that the issues were so large and the problems so great that no president could possibly deal with it, no congress and the american people could not. it was just prior to that time that i met a gentleman from georgia, mr. gingrich, as we were both freshmen members elected. and we began talking about the fact that

dan lungren, now republican of course, but now in the sacramento area; correct? congressman, what did you hear from the president? >> welcome as usual he has very good rhetoric. the question is whether the substance matches up with the rhetoric. i'm pleased that he had an ode to the mother trinkle started and mentioned the military in between. the amazing thing is that the only large cut that's taking place in the federal government is to the military. and those two things didn't quite jive. i was hoping that he would talk about in a serious terms the deficit. that is a huge challenge facing us. and i counted 20 different -- 21 different points that he made it wasn't until number 17 that he talked about the deficit, and not at any length. at third, he didn't think the connection between our necessity for creating jobs in this economy with the negative impact of the deficit on the private economy. so, i was disappointed in that i like this president. he's a nice guy but it's his policies i find very, very difficult to match to the reality that the facts out there.

that's what a sacramento county republican congressman, dan lungren, wants to do. he supports an idea to restore the hetch-hetchy valley. but to do that, would cost around $10 billion. critics call that a waste of money. san francisco relies on the reservoir for its water customers. the restore hetch-hetchy group hopes to gather enough signatures to put the issue before voters in november. >>> 7:35. new this morning -- [no audio] bran push [no aud -- [no audio] [captioner has no audio] >>> the mt. diablo school district has hired a law firm to appeal a judge's ruling in a small claims court case. the judge ruled the district should pay $1,000 in damages plus $85 in legal fees to a woman whose 5-year-old daughter was dropped off at the wrong bus stop by the bus driver more than a year ago. the little girl was found by a woman walking down the tree. the girl's mother calls the district's appeal a misuse of public fund because at $185 an 0 hour, the legal fees for the attorneys will likely cost more than the judgment. >>> new video show toe you -- to show you of a pla

lungren, for five minutes. without objection. mr. lungren: thank you very much, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, when i had the privilege of serving in this house for the first time in the 1980's i joined with many of my colleagues in supporting the creation of the martin luther king jr. holiday. i recall the time because we had twice before defeated the proposition based on fiscal concerns. and i in fact had voted against it on one occasion and then reflected further on it and thought that it perhaps was more important that we have a single holiday that celebrated the consensus that had been obtained on civil rights, the consensus in this country that we should take positive action to assure that all men and all women were recognized as being created week wall and having opportunity in this society. and i thought this consensus on civil rights was embodied in the person of dr. martin luther king and thought it was important for all americans, young and old, to be able to reflect on that and to have a period of time for that reflexion and -- reflection and that we can learn from the mix

. >> dan lungren, the republican of course, but now in the sacramento area, correct? >> correct. >> what did you hear from the president? >> well, as usual he is a very good rhetoric. the question is whether the substance matches up with this writer. i'm pleased he had a note to the military, started off with that can ended with a. mention the military in between, but the amazing subsidy thing is the only large cut that is taking place with the federal government is to the military. those two things didn't quite jibe. i was hoping he would talk about, in series terms, of the deficit. that is a huge challenge facing us, and i counted 21 different points he made. it wasn't until number 17 that he talked about the deficit. and then not at any length. and then third, he didn't make the connection between our necessity for creating jobs in this economy with a negative impact of the deficit on the private economy. so i was disappointed. look, i really like this president. he's a nice guy, but it's his policies i find very, very difficult to match to the reality of the facts