Rep. Gosar, Appropriations Committee Rebuke Fish and Wildlife Service over Proposed Lake Havasu Boating Restrictions

Statement

Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after the House Appropriations Committee passed the manager's amendment to the Interior and Environment Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2017, which included language condemning the actions by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the Service) for proposing new boating restrictions for Lake Havasu:

"The list of supporters in favor of keeping Lake Havasu open for all users continues to grow with the House Appropriations Committee today condemning the Service's actions to propose new boating restrictions for Havasu. I'd like to commend Chairman Ken Calvert and his staff for working with my office and recognizing the extremely flawed manner in which the Service went about proposing arbitrary mandates that aim to prevent tubing, fishing, waterskiing and wakeboarding on the reservoir. The Service thought it could quietly close more areas on Lake Havasu without publicly engaging local stakeholders, but now these unwarranted restrictions have garnered nationwide attention.

"Today's action by the House Appropriations Committee sends a strong message to the Service and puts the agency on notice that the Committee who controls the purse strings is watching. I will continue to use every resource available to reject this job-killing proposal that threatens the livelihood of an entire community. Bureaucratic overreach on Lake Havasu must come to an end."

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