News release: Feinstein secures Biden Administration commitment to request more drought funds
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) questioned Bureau of Reclamation Deputy Commissioner David Palumbo on the need to request additional funding to address the severe drought in the Western United States. Senator Feinstein has been pressing the bureau for months to request the ability to use funds for drought mitigation that Congress had initially set aside for other less urgently needed programs.