mr. denham of california. the chair: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. denham, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the gentleman is recognized. mr. denham: this amedates a sma water infrastructure improvements for the nation act or win act.and assess water opp first. it sets a time frame for completion of opportunities at the reservoir, these can increase storage and reschedule water projects to allow for maximum storage within the conservative estimates of the increased water storage have been at 00,000 acre-feet which will provide water such a precie must ensure our water storage capacity is being use red sponsably. the timeline of seven years is consistent with other provisions of the win act and will ensure the study will be completed so we can make the bestus of our water storage capacity. additionally, it help prospect our threat and endangered species. in western states, water users can buy and sell water rights. this provision prevents individuals from using funding set aside for species conservation to buy water rights and sell

the scooter rose on the format of mr denham many payments. people went from pretty simple financial lives pre nine hundred eighty to the point now where people are. just totally submerged in their financial accounts and they're all in debt debt to us might seem you know i need this loan to to go to school or need this loan to buy a house but to wall street it's just a product that they can buy and sell in package and socialists another way for them to get as much profit as they want and they treated as such one of the things that . i'm going to talk about a little bit today is how to create a more secure america. by achieving the goal of five and a half million new minority homeowners. certainly don't want there to be a fine print preventing people from owning their home. once wall street figured out that they could create these mortgage products they're like wow this is the deal of the century we need to make more of these. the house is always the big one it's the way the. economy is is set up. by house housing prices to go up so it's a majo

mr. denham: i rise today to acknowledge and honor the life of a cherished leader and great friend. former california state senator he passed le senior, away at the age of 66 on sunday surrounded by his family. born on december 31, dave spent his life in public service and started when he enlisted in 1970 in the air force reserve, serving in the air national guard as well as on active duty. in 1975, he was elected a member of the board of directors of the bridgeport fire protection district. he moved to month december doe in 1979 and built his real estate appraisal business p while serving on boards and commissions. he served two terms on the modesto city council and he went on to represent the 25th district for six years prior to being elected to the state senate in 2006. he served as the california state senate republican leader from 2008 to 2009 in addition to numerous committees including public safety, revenue and taxation and the joint legislative audit committees. a real estate appraiser in trade he served as a county commissioner to 2013 and then joined the building associat

mr. lahood: h.r. 597, sponsored by my colleague, congressman denham of california, would take into trust approximately 511 acres of land of noncontiguous fee land owned by the lytton rancheria. the land is adjacent to the town of windsor in sonoma county, california. under the bill, gaming under the indian gaming regulatory act is prohibited on these lands. in 2009, the tribe applied to the department of interior to place title to approximately 127 acres of land acquired in this area in trust. the application is still pending with the department of interior. the tribe has testified that it intends to use a portion of the lands for tribal housing, while the rest would support a diverse range of economic development, including plans for a future resort and winery. i want to thank the sponsor of the legislation for his hard work on this bill and you urge adoption of the measure at this time. and i would reserve the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. panetta: thank you, mr. speaker. i