<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div class="" style="">http://www.fresnobee.com/2015/01/27/4350996_feinstein-hosts-7-california-reps.html?rh=1 <br class="" style=""></div><h1 class="" style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 30px; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); height: 123px; overflow: visible; display: table-row;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 20px 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: middle; display: table-cell;" class="">Feinstein hosts 7 California reps in closed-door water bill talk</span></h1><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 15px; text-transform:
uppercase; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">BY MICHAEL DOYLE</div><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 15px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span class="" style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Bee Washington Bureau</span><span class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">January 27, 2015</span> <span class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Updated 18 hours ago</span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><div class="" style=""></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px;
font-size: 10pt; font-family: sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1px; height: 1px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-transform: none; overflow: hidden;" class=""><br class="" style="">Read more here: http://www.fresnobee.com/2015/01/27/4350996_feinstein-hosts-7-california-reps.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy</div><div style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; max-width: 620px !important;" class="">The never-sending search for a California water bill showed, perhaps, a little progress Tuesday as seven Democratic House members met for over an hour with Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein. The late-morning meeting in Feinstein’s third-floor Senate office was the first of its kind in the new
Congress.</div><div style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; max-width: 620px !important;" class="">“It was a constructive conversation,” said Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno.</div><div style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; max-width: 620px !important;" class="">Exactly how constructive, though, is a matter for speculation, as each of the House members exited the private meeting with their lips effectively sealed. One participant, Rep. Jared Huffman, D-San Rafael, briefly explained the group no-comment by saying that “all of us are interested in building trust.”</div><div style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; border: 0px; outline:
0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; max-width: 620px !important;" class="">Feinstein, in a statement, called the meeting “very helpful and productive.”</div><div style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; max-width: 620px !important;" class="">“I am also meeting with individuals and members of a wide range of groups and continue to work on drafting a bill,” Feinstein said.</div><div style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; max-width: 620px !important;" class="">Also participating in the meeting were Northern California Reps. Doris Matsui, John
Garamendi, Mike Thompson, Sam Farr and Jerry McNerney. </div><div class="" style="margin-top: 40px; margin-bottom: 20px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; max-width: 620px !important;">Contact Michael Doyle: <a href="mailto:mdoyle@mcclatchydc.com" style="border: 0px; outline-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 67, 118); text-decoration: none;" class="">mdoyle@mcclatchydc.com</a>, <a href="tel:(202)%20383-0006" style="border: 0px; outline-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 67, 118); text-decoration: none;" class="">(202) 383-0006</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/MichaelDoyle10" target="_blank" style="border: 0px; outline-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 67,
118); text-decoration: none;" class="">@MichaelDoyle10</a> on Twitter</div><div style="background-color: transparent;" class=""><div class="" style=""></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1px; height: 1px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-transform: none; overflow: hidden;" class=""><br class="" style="">Read more here: http://www.fresnobee.com/2015/01/27/4350996_feinstein-hosts-7-california-reps.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy</div></div></body></html>