Another emerging issue in California is there's a lot of land down in the South Valley, down in the Westlands Water District, where we just don't have the water resources flowing down there. We're trying to do a lot here in Congress, rationalize the Endangered Species act to create groundwater sustainability programs so they can more reliably rely on the groundwater in the future. If we have the conservation reserve program opened up, instead of some of these growers putting in hundreds of thousands acres of solar panels or selling a development conservation reserve … (06:32–06:43)
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