WASHINGTON -- A key House committee has slapped down the latest effort by Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Visalia, to protest the diversion of Central Valley water for environmental protection.
On Tuesday night, the House Appropriations Committee rejected Nunes' recurring water amendment by a 33-25 vote. If it had passed, the amendment would have blocked federal spending on decisions that divert irrigation water to protect salmon, the delta smelt and other species.
"People and communities have been replaced by a parade of extreme environmental activists and their misguided causes," Nunes said Wednesday in a statement.
The committee voting on the proposed amendment for the fiscal 2010 energy and water spending bill fell largely along party lines, with all Republicans supporting Nunes and all but three Democrats opposing him.
In recent weeks, Nunes has brought similar amendments to the House floor and to the House Rules Committee. In each case, the amendments lost. Nunes has threatened to keep offering similar amendments wherever possible.
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