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Jul 20, 2017
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The United States must not reward this behavior with increased access to U.S. markets.
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Jul 18, 2017
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In the end, we must have clean air. But we have to be smart about this and set achievable and fixed goals our communities can meet.
Jul 17, 2017
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Veterans are prime candidates for tech positions because of their military discipline, ability to work under pressure, and teamwork.
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Jul 17, 2017
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I am pleased the Department of Transportation has completed this grant process and approved the final phase of the runway rehabilitation project.
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Jul 12, 2017
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This bill takes another major step forward to bring our communities the water they contract and pay for by increasing pumping and speeding up the process to approve new water projects.
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Jul 11, 2017
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I hope that when people pass by the Merle Haggard Post Office Building in downtown Bakersfield, they will remember an icon of our community.
Jun 29, 2017
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Our government should and always will put the safety of the American people first.
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Jun 27, 2017
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The Waters of the U.S. rule was a ridiculous usurpation of power by the EPA.
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Jun 23, 2017
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Our ultimate goal is nothing less than a transformation of the culture of the VA.
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Jun 22, 2017
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This is about making sure millions of people in California and across America have the water they need and deserve.
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Dec 23, 2016
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Californians are getting a long-awaited present just in time for the holidays this year: water.
Years of careful, diligent, and at times contentious negotiations between all sides of the California water issue and in both the House and Senate yielded the largest reforms to our state’s water policy in almost a generation. These reforms were made law last week.
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Dec 12, 2016
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It took years of negotiations, and the right political timing, to bring the first major water policy affecting California in decades through the House and Senate. Over frayed feelings and filibuster threats, both chambers overwhelmingly passed the bill, which changes how much water is pumped from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to San Joaquin Valley farmers and Southern California.
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Dec 12, 2016
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Masterminded by Senator Dianne Feinstein and the House of Representative’s Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, the bill balances the interests of the environment with the concerns for jobs to bring water to California’s rich, but parched, agricultural land.
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Dec 10, 2016
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All sides agree the California water package marks the biggest federal shift in the state’s water use since the 1992 Central Valley Project Improvement Act.
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Oct 19, 2016
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McCarthy, the majority leader of the House of Representatives, touched on a number of topics Tuesday during at talk at the Noon Rotary Club, but his theme was getting the nation back on track.
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Apr 6, 2016
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Opioid addiction tears apart families, it uproots communities, but, most fundamentally, it deprives Americans of the individual liberty to grasp their dreams and opportunities. It’s also preventable.
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Mar 16, 2016
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But the two Kern River Valley veterans not only received their long overdue and well-deserved medals, they received them in a big way thanks to the efforts of Congressman Kevin McCarthy and local veteran advocate Gary Zuber who organized a special medal presentation ceremony last week.
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Feb 10, 2016
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Fixing California’s drought challenge remains my top priority in Congress, and I will continue to work with my House colleagues, the president and Sens. Feinstein and Boxer to find a solution that gets water flowing to the communities in our state that so desperately need it.
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Feb 9, 2016
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Today’s groundbreaking is the first step in establishing a center for learning for our students that reflects the cutting edge advances that our Ridgecrest community is known for.
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Feb 7, 2016
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The research, development, testing and evaluation that is conducted within our community at China Lake and Edwards cannot be replicated anywhere in the world.
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