House Democrats Urge President to Keep Drought Language Out of Omnibus

This week, a group of Western House Democrats wrote to President Obama asking him to use his influence to keep language dealing with the Western drought out of the FY16 omnibus appropriations bill.  The letter was signed by 21 Members from California, Arizona, Oregon, and Washington.  

The California Members who signed include McNerney, Huffman, Garamendi, Thompson, Matsui, DeSaulnier, Honda, Eshoo, Speier, Lofgren, Swalwell, Takano, Lieu, Davis, Capps, and Lee.  The letter expresses concerns with language in the House-passed bill (HR 2898) regarding the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Water Act.