This includes $27.5 million from Madera County, 10 million for Stanislaus County, 10 million for Paterson, and 4 million for Los Banos. This funding will deliver cheaper and cleaner water to valley families. We also kept our families safe from floods by directing the government to fix levees on the San Joaquin and Chowchilla rivers and to clean out our rivers and streams by dredging. I joined Democrat and Republican Representatives Napolitano, La Malfa and Garamendi to make the government prioritize storing more water to protect our valley for droughts. (00:32–00:43)
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Asserts that the government was directed to fix levees and dredge rivers and streams for flood safety.
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