mr. valadao. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. valadao: the reason we're here today is we have talked for long enough, we've seen negotiation after negotiation and the last one we're asking to go back to was in the mid 1990's. it aloud water to go for the environment and agriculture and now we're not getting that. what we're asking for is a little attention. this to many viewers probably don't find this interesting. it's a bunch of trees. but these trees are dead, they've been pulled out of the ground. it probably doesn't mean a lot to the speaker or others but these are trees that grow crops. those crops create jobs. the people that do those jobs are these people right here. we hear so many people talk about unemployment insurance. these people want to work. they want to earn a paycheck. they want to go home at the end of the day with their money in their pocket and be able to buy food that is grown around them. natural, good, wholesome, american food. these people do not like standing in a line and do not like waiting for governm

mr. valadao: when we talk about solutions i'm fine and happy to work with members on the bay delta conservation plan. i'm fine talking about the water bond as long as it delivers water infrastructure for our valley. we have to make sure the crisis we're facing today is addressed because it is a crisis, it is affecting people today. we are seeing people being laid off. yes that is putting a huge dent in our resources because we have to pay these people because they're not working because of a program, because of regulation that were put in place to allow that water to go out into the ocean for no good reason. this has had an impact on my district. we're going to continue to fight, and yes this is ea solution. if the other side has a solution to bring to the table and be part of the conversation, i'm happy to hear and it happy to negotiate. until then we're going to continue to fight on our side and push this forward i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yield back. the gentleman from florida. mr. hastings: i'm pleased to yield three minutes to the gentlewoman from california, form