Let me just restate that in Oklahoma the legislative goal for chloride control is to reduce the naturally occurring chlorides in the Red River.

One thing, Senator Boxer, that neither one of us mentioned is the significance of the water in terms of our military.

I remind you and everyone else who is here that next week Senator Boxer and I plan to go ahead and start the markup of the WRDA bill.

Drought conditions have affected and still affect many regions of the country.

For the vast majority of the past 6 years, Oklahoma suffered from a devastating drought event.

More than 60 percent of Oklahoma was in the U.S. Drought Monitor's 'extreme' category.

My view as a United States Senator is I do not take sides between the jobs in the fishing industry and the jobs in agriculture; they are all jobs.

We have three witnesses. Mr. Denis Bilodeau, First Vice President and Director of the Orange County Water District, as Senator Boxer said.

EPA turned itself into a national zoning board.

I want to thank Senator Johnson, because as Chairman of this Committee, he has tried to push these regulatory issues where we can find common ground.

Mr. President, there are a lot of good things in this bill that we are discussing. There are a lot of good amendments that have been brought to the floor. There has been an awful lot of conversation over the past year about a program…

Counties that build and maintain almost half the roads in the United States... are going to need a permit.

Had EPA followed Congress' direction, it would have learned that the States, not EPA, implement 96 percent of EPA's delegated programs.

The EPA itself, I think, has said that the average cost is going to be $155,000 to alter a ditch on someone's property.

So what caused you guys to open the research and search for further information.

Was this due to procedures not being followed or procedures not in place?

I believe that the Legislative Branch is the thumping heart of our constitutional system and it is increasingly becoming irrelevant.

Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 3210 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. Lankford] proposes…