Lets not limit their lables to racketeers. These people are full fledged enviral terrorists. These enviral terrorists and their hand puppet have decimated the Oregone economy as per Kerr's less jobs and less Oregonian rural cleansing policy!
"Did you hear that Greg Walden introduced a bill to repay the Klamath people for the "irrigation" they paid this year but did not get? It passed UNANIMOUSLY in the house yesterday."
No I did not hear this good news. These poor farmers paid for the water to irrigate their crops, and the enviral terrorists led by Kerr screwed them! Time to get that money back with interest or as full payment for the irrigation water needed by them in 2002!
This dam, like Klamath Lake, has no sound science for it's destruction."
You are absolutely correct here! Kerr and his fellow enviral terrorists don't want an efficient hydro power system there. Also, they want floods to cleanse the Elk Creek and the part of the Rogue below Elk Creed of the vile humans who dare to live and work in this area. This dam will mean stable power and positive control of the water, and Kerr et al hate that!
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday unanimously passed legislation introduced to bring relief to farmers and ranchers in the Klamath Basin.
The measure, entitled the Klamath Basin Emergency Operation and Maintenance Refund Act of 2001, would refund about $4 million spent by irrigation districts in the Klamath Reclamation Project for operations and maintenance.
This bill provides critical relief to the farmers and ranchers of the Klamath Basin and paves the way to put money in the pockets of the hard-working people who need it most, said Rep. Greg Walden, who introduced the measure.
He said the bill, co-sponsored by Reps. Peter DeFazio and Darlene Hooley, resulted from the testimony heard at a congressional field hearing held in Klamath Falls in June.
The bill âprovides both a measure of fairness and a measure of emergency relief, Walden said. It puts money back in the hands of the farmers who so desperately need it.
The Senate must approve the bill before it is sent to President Bush for his consideration.
The bill authorizes the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to return or waive fees paid by irrigation districts for the operation and maintenance of Klamath Reclamation Project canals.
To qualify for payments, a district must have a water-supply contract with the bureau for water from Upper Klamath Lake and the Klamath River. Qualifying districts must have gotten a limited amount of water this year and can't have received refund payments from other sources.
Irrigation districts then are required to return the savings to their customers.