Fact Check: Feinstein Way Off the Mark When She Said ‘Tens of Thousands’ of California Farmers Going Bankrupt

Urging her fellow lawmakers to pass a bill that would send more of California’s water to the arid farm fields of the San Joaquin Valley, Sen. Dianne Feinstein gave an impassioned speech Friday about the threat facing family farmers. “These water supplies are not for big corporate agriculture, as some would have you think,” said Feinstein, a California Democrat.