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Alex Padilla: “The Department of Reclamation, according to reports, has…”

Featuring: Alex Padilla, Democratic | U.S. Senate from California

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Senator Alex Padilla Discusses National Monuments and Water Infrastructure with Secretary

Published | Video Starts at 03:40

I know my time is limited. Let me move to another topic. As you and I have talked in the past. Water, water, water. So important to California, to everybody, but especially California. The Department of Reclamation, according to reports, has lost 1,400 public servants, approximately 25% of the agency's entire workforce. In the Bureau of Reclamation's regional office in Sacramento, there used to be 50 staff handling financial issues alone, and now there's only 12. (03:40–03:49)

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