Health Access WeBlog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Now that the House has cast its vote for health care reform, it can be interesting to go back and see who voted for it, and who didn’t. Of those who didn’t support reform, one might assume it may have been because few people in their districts were uninsured, and thus health care reform was not a priority. Of course, it's not that simple. Take U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes (R), whose district,...
Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Congressman Devin Nunes, the virtual servant and spokesman of corporate agribusiness in the San Joaquin Valley, made ridiculous claims on the floor of the House of Representatives last week that salmon fishermen aren't suffering from the fishery closure or "really out of work," that salmon aren't affected by the pumps in the Delta, and that the only reason salmon fishermen can't fish is because...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Sam Blakeslee, WASHINGTON – The House on Thursday approved a bill to boost San Francisco Bay Area water recycling, but only after lawmakers vented once more their unhappiness about San Joaquin Valley irrigation shortages. The $32.2 million water recycling bill enjoys widespread support, on its own merits. It provoked, though, a broader and increasingly bitter debate. Several San Joaquin Valley...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) today honored nine members of the U.S. House of Representatives from California as Taxpayer Heroes for their high scores in the group’s 2008 Congressional Ratings: John Campbell with 95 percent; David Dreier with 80 percent; Darrell Issa with 89 percent, Dan Lungren with 81 percent; Kevin McCarthy with 81 percent;...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
WASHINGTON – A Central Valley water amendment that failed Tuesday night in the Senate nonetheless succeeded in driving a wedge between Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein and some key California farmers. Not to mention between Feinstein and Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Visalia. The amendment to a $32 billion Interior Department funding bill would have overturned two federal agency decisions and temporarily...
Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 09/13/2009
Climate change and insect-borne disease Paul Reiter, a medical entomologist from the Institut Pasteur in France, contests whether climate change is causing a rise in malaria at all. He sets out to dispel three common 'malaria myths': that climate change is spreading the disease to higher latitudes; letting it climb to higher altitudes; and spreading it at alarming speed across Sub-Saharan Africa. These...
cold fury (Free subscription) | 08/17/2009
IF BY “MAN” you mean “the government”. Sean Hannity: And joining me live from California is Congressman Devin Nunes and comedian and activist Paul Rodriguez. Guys, I don’t know if we can get a shot. It looks like you have over a thousand people there. Is that right? PAUL RODRIGUEZ, COMEDIAN/ACTIVIST: Well over a thousand, Sean. This is a testament [...]
Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | 08/16/2009
The picture taken on the right was taken last month near Rio Vista, California, sixty miles east of San Francisco. Like the rest of California's central valley, it's as dry as a bone. It's often said that the next major war in the Middle East will be fought over not oil, but an even more important liquid--water. And the next big political battle in the tarnished state of California could be over that...
Martha Montelongo (Free subscription) | 08/15/2009
By Devin Nunes San Joaquin Valley, Calif. In 1931, a severe drought began that within a few years engulfed the Oklahoma panhandle and a third of the Great Plains in a "Dust Bowl." Tens of thousands of people fled the region—many traveling to California along Route 66, which John Steinbeck called "the mother road, the road of flight" in "The Grapes of Wrath." A lot...
Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | 08/12/2009
For three years, California's Central Valley has been suffering from a drought. This agricultural center produces half of the nation's vegetables, the region has many orchards as well. Irrigation has always been used irrigated water for the cultivation of the valley. But that supply has been greatly diminished. Yesterday, as the Fresno Bee reports, members of the the California Latino Water Coalition,...
Jumping in Pools (Free subscription) | 08/12/2009
The environmental lobby is downright nutty out in California, as they have shut off the water wells for Farmers, all because of some idiotic fish. Congressman Devin Nunes (R) of the 21st congressional district in California has fought against this since it was enacted, pushing for legislation in Congress, which would turn the pumps back on, as with them off.....farms are drying up, a man made drought...
The Blue Pelican (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
Senator Tom Coburn is one of two physicians in the Sentate. Read the whole thing. http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZDM5NDJkMDA2ODJlNmMxY2VhYmI2NGJhZGEwZGFlNjU=&w=MQ== 5. If the public option is so wonderful, will you lead by example and vote for a plan to enroll you and your family in the public option? I offered an amendment in committee to force members of Congress to enroll in the public...
Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009
The San Joaquin Valley corporate agribusiness lobby has unleashed an unprecedented assault on Central Valley salmon populations, now in collapse due to increased water exports from the California Delta and declining water quality in recent years. They are applying intense political pressure on multiple governmental targets to compel the National Marine Fishery Service (NMFS) to change their Biological...
Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 07/18/2009
YouTube - Bravo, Devin Nunes - Global Stealing Global Warming or Global Stealing? Project Vote Smart - Representative Devin G. Nunes - 6/26/09 - American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 Mr. NUNES. Madam Speaker, don't be deceived by the comments of the Democratic Party. This bill is a tax increase. This bill is the largest tax increase in American history. I ask my Democratic friends, Is this...
The Westerner (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
Central California lawmakers have failed again in their effort to block the environmental rules steering irrigation water toward the protection of endangered species. With Interior Secretary Ken Salazar planning a Fresno town-hall meeting for Sunday, a powerful House panel decided to quietly bury the controversial San Joaquin Valley amendment. Unlike a similar effort last week, this latest amendment...
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