Like Barbara Boxer, I don't like the way this bill tries to micro-manage water policies in drought states like California, or the way it runs contrary to the state efforts in California to consider environmental resources factors in the communities affected by water policy. However, given the current political climate in Washington with a new administration that will alter Democratic power in the Senate, it seems wiser from a Californian's perspective to take the money and run. Especially when the more urgent needs of other Americans will be met by it -- particularly those in Flint, MI, who have waited long enough to have their needs appropriately addressed.