The Columbia Basin Completion
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Legislation I have introduced into the record in
2009
I am currently collecting "Letters of Support" and
trying to develop 5 regional confrences to include
the news agencies, Washington State Economic
Development Professionals, Government Officials,
Business Professionals, workers, and the
Unemployed looking for jobs!
BILL REQUEST - CODE REVISER'S OFFICE
BILL REQ. #: H-2196.1/09
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Requesting support for the Columbia Basin
Project.
1 TO THE HONORABLE BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES, AND
2 TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF
THE HOUSE OF
3 REPRESENTATIVES, AND TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4 UNITED STATES, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, AND TO THE
HONORABLE CHRISTINE O.
5 GREGOIRE, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
6 We, your Memorialists, the Senate and House of Representatives
of
7 the State of Washington, in legislative session assembled,
respectfully
8 represent and petition as follows:
9 WHEREAS, The Columbia Basin Project stores and carries water
for
10 irrigation, produces electricity, controls floods, provides
recreation,
11 and regulates streamflow, as well as provides water for cities,
12 industries, navigation, and endangered species;
and
13 WHEREAS, The Columbia Basin Project has successfully
distributed
14 enough irrigation water for approximately 650,000 acres of
agricultural
15 lands between Grand Coulee and the Qu ad Cities;
and
16 WHEREAS, The United States Bureau of Reclamation is
studying the
17 potential for building the second half, or "Phase II," of the
Columbia
18 Basin Project, extending irrigation water into portions of the
Odessa
19 Subarea;
Code Rev/ML:cro 1 H-2196.1/091
NOW, THEREFORE, Your Memorialists respectfully pray that the
2 President and Congress support the vitally important Columbia
Basin
3 Project and direct the United States Bureau of Reclamation to
continue
4 its study and implementation of "Phase II" of the Columbia River
Basin
5 Project. More directly, your Memorialists request that President
Obama
6 and Governor Gregoire draft and sign Executive Orders designed
to
7 outline a Joint Venture Agreement between President Obama's
8 Administration and the Gregoire Administration to:
(1) Finance Phase
9 II of the Columbia Basin Project; (2) finance the remainder of
those
10 canals and reservoirs held within the East High Canal Project
as
11 originally designed by Franklin D. Roosevelt's Administration;
(3) due
12 to the economic conditions of today's economic crisis, request
that all
13 funding options be mandated for review by the state and federal
14 governments; and (4) due to the economic conditions of our
nation,
15 request a "Fast Track" approach to this project being reviewed
and
16 adhered to.
17 BE IT RESOLVED, That copies of this Memorial be immediately
18 transmitted to the Honorable Barack Obama, President of the
United
19 States, the Honorable Christine O. Gregoire, Governor of the
State of
20 Washington, the President of the United States Senate, the
Speaker of
21 the House of Representatives, and each member of Congress
from the
22 State of Washington.
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H-1881.1 HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 4012
State of Washington 61st Legislature 2009 Regular Session
By Representatives Blake and Warnick
Read first time 02/13/09. Referred to Committee on Agriculture &
Natural Resources.
1 TO THE HONORABLE BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED
2 STATES, AND TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE
SPEAKER OF
3 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND TO THE SENATE
AND HOUSE OF
4 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, IN CONGRESS
ASSEMBLED:
5 We, your Memorialists, the Senate and House of
6 Representatives of the State of Washington, in legislative
7 session assembled, respectfully represent and petition as
8 follows:
9 WHEREAS, The Columbia Basin Project stores and carries
10 water for irrigation, produces electricity, controls floods,
11 provides recreation, and regulates streamflow, as well as 11
provides water for cities, industries, navigation,
12 endangered species;
and
13 WHEREAS, The Columbia Basin Project has successfully
14 distributed enough irrigation water for approximately 650,000
15 acres of agricultural lands between Grand Coulee and the Quad
16 Cities; and
17 WHEREAS, The United States Bureau of Reclamation is
18 studying potential for building the second half, or "Phase
19 II,” of the Columbia Basin Project, extending irrigation
20 water into portions of the Odessa Subarea;
21 NOW, THEREFORE, Your Memorialists respectfully pray that
22 the President and Congress support the vitally important
23 Columbia Basin.
p. 1 HJM 4012
1 Project and direct the United States Bureau of Reclamation to
2 continue its study and implementation of "Phase II" of the
3 Columbia River Basin Project. More directly we request
4 President Obama and Governor Gregoire draft and sign
5 Executive Orders designed to outline a Joint Venture
6 Agreement between President Obama’s Administration and the
7 Gregoire Administration to;
8 A. Finance Phase II of the Columbia Basin Project
9 B. Finance the remainder those future canals, and reservoirs
10 held within the East High Canal Project as originally
11 designed by Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Administration.
12 C. Due to the Economic Conditions of Today’s Economic
13 Crisis, We request that all funding options be mandated
14 for review, by the State and Federal Governments.
15 D. Due to the Economic Conditions of OUR Nation we request
16 a “Fast Track” approach to this project be reviewed and
17 Adhered too!
18 BE IT RESOLVED, That copies of this Memorial be
19 immediately transmitted to the Honorable Barack Obama,
20 President of the United States, the President of the United
21 States Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
22 and each member of Congress from the State of Washington.
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