Western irrigated agriculture is a strategic national resource, and the role of the Federal Government in the 21st century should be to protect and enhance that resource.

Well, should an economically viable water project not pay for itself?

Because we talk about climate change, but we do not talk about the actual loss of above ground storage evaporation rates, and I think that should be part of the equation when we talk about that.

I have no objection to the hearing and its emphasis, but the concern, however, remains that this hearing only looks at one side of the coin.

We need to look at the infrastructure because some statistics prove that we lose about something like 22 percent of the actual water to water main breaks.

It is ironic: Today is the 1-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, a terrible tragedy...

Thank you Mr. Chairman and thank you for the witnesses for being here today.

I just looked at and I introduced into the record, but I did not indicate what it really did...

It is my understanding that President Obama was not aware Chancellor Merkel's communications were being collected since 2002. That is a big problem.

Contractors have already told us that, in fact, people represented that the White House was telling them they needed these changes...

evidence is mounting that political considerations motivated the decision.

the political decision to mask the sticker shock of Obamacare to the American people.

Neither you nor anyone else at the table thought or made a recommendation not to go forward on October 1 because you didn't think the system was ready.

We have already documented a record of Republicans attempting to sabotage the Affordable Care Act.

They said Medicare would be undermined. In fact, it's stronger than ever, and seniors are saving billions of dollars on prescription drugs.

We all want answers because we want families to have affordable health insurance.

The Affordable Care Act is an enormous success with one obvious exception: It has a poorly designed Web site.

Can we get an apology for shutting down the government because people didn't like the health care bill?