PRESS RELEASE: Western Growers Urges Immediate Senate Action on Western Water Bill (Western Growers)

(Source: Western Growers) IRVINE, Calif. (October 27, 2015) -- Statement by Western Growers President and CEO Tom Nassif urging the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to act on Western drought legislation prior to the Thanksgiving recess: 'We join forces with more than 100 regional and state organizations - representing the spectrum of agricultural and urban and rural water users in the West - in calling for immediate Senate action on legislation aimed at alleviating the short- and long-term impacts of the drought gripping the Western states. While we are encouraged by several Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearings during the year, bill mark-up must occur before...