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Adam Gray: “California has a law that doesn't count hydroelectricity…”

Featuring: Adam Gray, Democratic | U.S. House, California, District 13

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Published August 13, 2024 | Video Starts at 42:12

Right. And the power generated by the irrigation districts comes from hydroelectricity and reservoirs that both feed our farms and obviously provide energy. California has a law that doesn't count hydroelectricity towards renewable energy. Right. And it does that because there's a lot of folks in the environmental advocacy world who feel strongly that we shouldn't have more dams, and therefore, they don't want … (42:12–42:20)

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Asserts that California law excludes hydroelectricity from being classified as renewable energy.

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“I'm a candidate for the 13th congressional district running against John Duarte, who's a freshman member of Congress.”
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“John [Duarte] put a few hundred thousand dollars of his own money into the last race.”
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“John [Duarte] was a big Kevin McCarthy and Devin Nunes supporter financially.”
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“We ran against each other in the last race in 2022.”
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“I was coming out of ten years in the state legislature, where my state assembly district was essentially the same as this congressional…”
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“About two thirds of the voters in the 13th congressional district were represented by me.”
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“John was a first time candidate, had run, well, second time candidate. He had run for something called Modesto irrigation district board…”
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“I lost to John by 564 votes in the general election, 2022.”
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“Biden won this seat, or would have won this seat by about eleven points in 2020.”
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“In 2012, Obama would have won this seat with 54% of the vote.”
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“In 2016, Hillary Clinton would have won this seat with 53.6% of the vote.”
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“In 2020, Joe Biden would have won the seat with just a little over 54% of the vote.”
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“Even in the midterm years, Jerry Brown would have won this seat twice in midterm elections, about 53% of the vote.”
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“Gavin Newsom in 2018 would have won this seat with 52% of the vote.”
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“Gavin Newsom got 45% of the vote in this seat [in 2022].”
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“I got 49.9% of the vote [in 2022].”
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“We increased the per pupil funding in rural public schools.”
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“We built a medical school program at UC Merced, which is the latest university of California campus here in the San Joaquin Valley.”
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“I was the co-author of the Bipartisan Infrastructure act in 2014 with Jerry Brown.”
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“I was the co-author of the Water Bond in 2014.”
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“Water is an incredibly important issue, not a sexy issue in most of parts of the state. But here where I live, the agricultural economy is…”
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“John Duarte is a MAGA type Republican who chose to run at the last minute.”
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“Kevin McCarthy, who was very interested in becoming speaker of the House, was working to get a good candidate to run against me.”
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“The Republicans did take over the House.”
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“Two thirds of the fresh fruit and vegetables in this country come out of California.”
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“90% of the world's almonds and pistachios come out of California.”
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“This Congress isn't working for anybody.”
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“In the 2020 election, when we go back and look at the election results for this seat as currently drawn, 126,000 voters in 2020 voted for…”
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“In 2022, we lost by 564 votes.”
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“100,000 people didn't come out to vote in 2022, 70% of whom were Democrats and independents.”
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“Madera county, which is one of the five counties in this congressional district, just lost last year its only hospital.”
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“If you need a hospital [in Madera County], you have to either go to Merced county or Fresno county.”
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“We struggle to have enough healthcare professionals in the area.”
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“That's why I fought so hard for the medical school program.”
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“The program that we put together actually takes students who grew up in the valley, puts them in something called the San Joaquin Valley…”
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“It's a partnership program with UCSF.”
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“Jeff [Denham] lost that race to Josh Harder partially because of some really poor votes in healthcare policy.”
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“Utility cost bills [have gone] up 30% this year.”
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“Rebecca [Barakan] has endorsed me.”
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“I was in the legislature before [Rebecca Barakan] got there and helped her get situated there.”
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“Congress needs to make [healthcare access in rural areas] a higher profile issue.”
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“Republicans have done a really good job of taking the most divisive wedge issues and defining the Democratic Party with them.”
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“President Biden's been treated in many respects horrifically, unfairly.”
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“Republicans have tried to paint [Biden] as like a far-left president.”
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“If you look at the issues that [Biden's] focused on, whether it be like the Chips act, you know, bring back American jobs, he's got some…”
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“The Republicans have taken advantage of painting [Biden] with kind of a far-left reputation that's not serving him well in rural…”
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“There's a lot of good stuff to talk about [in the infrastructure act, the Chips act, etc.], and I just don't think they've done a good…”
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“If you look at a map of voter registration statistics and history over the past five decades, you go back five decades and you find red and…”
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“The northern part of the district is a community called Lathrop, which sits just south of Stockton. And the southern tip is a community…”
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“I grew up here in the valley, live on the same block that I was born on, actually.”
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“Ten years in the legislature, I'm pretty accustomed to having a hectic schedule.”
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“Young people really do have kind of a terrible track record, right, of being involved in politics. But young people have a really good track…”
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“Teach in the political science department at UC Merced. I have for the last twelve years.”
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“About 50, just a little bit over 50% of the district has latino or hispanic heritage.”
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“In 2022, we had a 17% drop off statewide from Latinos in voter turnout. In my district, it was about 17.4%.”
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“I carried legislation to make hydroelectricity in this district.”
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“We've got the Modesto irrigation district, the Turlock irrigation district, the Merced irrigation district, which provide both water and…”
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“They don't want to incentivize dams by letting hydroelectricity, which is the cheapest, most affordable form of renewable energy, be…”
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“What that meant here was 30 and 40% higher utility bills.”
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“I actually took that issue on and got a bill passed so that our hydroelectricity here could count, reducing people's electricity bills by as…”
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“I've fought to get more water availability.”
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“My work to pass an infrastructure act, which is both improving our roads and highways and bridges, but also investing in public transit…”
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“Ace Rail, which is going to get extended from Stockton down to Merced eventually, where they're working on that project right now.”
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“I got a medical school program started at UC Merced.”
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“I've kicked and screamed and fought to keep the funding for the University of California, Merced growing and the campus growing.”
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“There's opportunities around food production for bioenergy, bio waste, and other things.”
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“I got the first water bond pass that had $3 billion for new storage for water.”
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“They're actually building a reservoir north of Sacramento called sites reservoir.”
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“I carried legislation to make energy more affordable.”
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“I've gotten more money invested in job training programs and new industry opportunities in the valley.”
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“I fought for UC Merced and better educational opportunities.”
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