News Release: Remarks by the President on the California Drought
From The White House Office of the Press Secretary:
“The President: Well, first of all, I want to thank Joe and Maria Del Bosque and their beautiful daughters for showing Governor Brown and me around their farm. …
“As anybody in this state could tell you, California’s living through some of its driest years in a century. Right now, almost 99 percent of California is drier than normal — and the winter snowpack that provides much of your water far into the summer is much smaller than normal.”
Read more from the White House transcript