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<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>For Immediate
Release: September 30, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Press
Office: 202-225-2095<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:16.0pt'>Republicans vote against expanded water supply </span></b><b><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:16.0pt'>for drought-stricken California<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Attempt to score political points delays House passage
of <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>non-controversial bill to provide enough water for
24,000 households<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. George Miller (D-Martinez) issued
the following statement after congressional Republicans voted against his
non-controversial legislation to provide alternative water supplies to
California:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b>"When it comes to providing clean water to
California, congressional Republicans have now shown their true colors. The
legislation that the House voted on today would supply California with
much-needed funding for alternative water supplies -- but congressional
Republicans just said no. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>"The water projects authorized in this bill will
provide 2.6 billion gallons of water per year for drought-stricken California,
adding enough water to the system to meet the needs of 24,225 households. But
169 Republicans voted against it. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>“Instead, congressional Republicans
decided to pull the same old political games and showed a complete lack of
understanding of the issues at hand – the measure they defeated today
could have added significant water supplies to California's Central
Valley Project system.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>"California is in the third year of a serious
drought and we're putting an inordinate amount of pressure on the Bay-Delta and
on the water system as a whole. Finding solutions for these issues are too
important for political stunts.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='color:red'>"We will bring up the
bill again and pass it,</span></u> but Rep. Nunes and his fellow
obstructionists have delayed progress for California water issues - they have
voted against jobs for Californians, they have voted against expanding water
supplies, they have voted against developing new technology, and they have
voted against expanding our economy. They have nothing to offer California but
partisan stunts. They may have delayed this bill, but they will not defeat
it."<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>H.R. 2442, the Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program
Expansion Act of 2009, builds on a successful partnership that
Congress has already authorized – adding six additional
water recycling projects for the Bay Area that would
provide 7.2 million gallons of water per day. Water recycling
projects allow local water managers to treat wastewater and use the clean,
recycled water for landscape irrigation and other
uses, including at golf courses, and city parks.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>For more information on the bill, go to: <a
href="http://georgemiller.house.gov/news/2009/05/new_legislation_would_expand_i.html"
title="http://georgemiller.house.gov/news/2009/05/new_legislation_would_expand_i.html">http://georgemiller.house.gov/news/2009/05/new_legislation_would_expand_i.html</a><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Byron
Leydecker, JcT</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Chair, Friends
of Trinity River</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>PO Box 2327</span></i><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Mill Valley, CA
94942-2327</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>415 383 4810
land</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>415 519 4810
cell</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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href="mailto:bleydecker@stanfordalumni.org"><span style='color:blue'>bleydecker@stanfordalumni.org</span></a>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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href="http://fotr.org/"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.fotr.org</span></a>
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