Congressman Bentz questions Interior Secretary Haaland on drought relief for Klamath Basin

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Congressman Bentz questions Interior Secretary Haaland on drought relief for Klamath Basin

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, during a House Natural Resources Committee Budget Oversight Hearing on the Department of Interior's Spending Priorities and the President's Fiscal Year Budget 2022 Proposal, Congressman Cliff Bentz (R-Ont.) questioned Department of the Interior Secretary Debra Haaland on the Agency's efforts to direct relief to the Klamath Basin where extreme and exceptional drought conditions have caused the Klamath Project to make an unprecedented zero water allocation for irrigators this water year.

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Congressman Bentz named top Republican on the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife

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Congressman Bentz named top Republican on the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife

ONTARIO, Ore. – Today, Congressman Cliff Bentz (R-Ore.) was named the Ranking Member on the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife. This places Oregon’s freshman Republican congressman front and center on matters concerning America’s water resources, federal irrigation projects, hydroelectric power, interstate water issues, and fisheries management.

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Congressman Bentz appointed to the House Natural Resources Committee

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Congressman Bentz appointed to the House Natural Resources Committee

WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Congressman Cliff Bentz (R-Oregon) was selected to serve on the House Natural Resources Committee – a committee well-suited to Oregon’s vast Second Congressional District and one which will provide Bentz the opportunity to apply his unique knowledge of water, energy, carbon, forests, minerals, and federal land management.

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