![]() The bill also prohibits the breaching or removal of four dams on the Lower Snake River without action by Congress. 3144 would set aside Simon’s ruling and return the river system to operate under the current federal biological opinion until 2022, when a new opinion is due. 3144 in light of judicial overreach and I look forward to voting for the bill on the floor very soon,” Labrador said. “I am pleased House leadership heeded the call to move quickly to advance H.R. The states of Idaho, Washington and Montana and Idaho’s Kootenai Tribe were among those opposing the court-ordered spillage, along with consumer-owned utilities and transportation and agricultural groups. Ignoring the consensus of agency science, Simon ordered wasting the water based on science submitted by environmentalist plaintiffs. 9 th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an appeal of Simon’s order to spill from April until June. Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry pledged to work to prevent additional spill and protect the hydropower dams.īut last week, the liberal U.S. ![]() Earlier this month at a House Appropriations Committee hearing, U.S. Last year, the Trump Administration’s Bureau of Reclamation expressed support for the goals of the legislation. An average of 97 percent of young salmon successfully make it past the dams. Fish and Wildlife Service all agree that the court-ordered spillage is unnecessary to help young salmon reach the ocean. Army Corps of Engineers, National Marine Fisheries Service and U.S. The Bonneville Power Administration, U.S. 3144 was introduced last year after Simon’s ruling to overturn the consensus of the four relevant federal agencies. Thousands of Idaho jobs and our very way of life are at stake, and I will continue to fight for common-sense river management.” “Congress must exercise its responsibility to set policy, not defer to unelected liberal judges citing dubious science. taxpayers built and maintain a working river system that is key to the Northwest’s diversified economy,” Labrador said. Spillage began last week and is estimated to cost Northwest ratepayers $40 million in 2018 alone as water bypasses hydropower turbines. District Judge Michael Simon ordering spillage over Columbia and Snake River dams. ![]() 3144, cosponsored by Labrador, would set aside a 2017 ruling by Obama-appointed U.S. Raúl Labrador, R-Idaho, voted for the bill, which is expected to get a vote on the House floor soon. – The House Committee on Natural Resources on Wednesday approved a bipartisan bill to restore multiple-use management of the Columbia and Snake rivers, bring relief to electricity ratepayers, maintain navigation and prohibit potential court-ordered destruction of four dams crucial to Idaho’s economy. LABRADOR VOTES FOR BILL PROTECTING SNAKE RIVER HYDROPOWER, SHIPPING FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Ĭommittee passes bill critical to Idaho’s way of life Representing Idaho’s 1st Congressional District
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