Best time to be able to negotiate this, in a time of drought or a time of plenty?

I want this panel to know that we are very interested in hearing the specific ideas because we want to help in this process.

I think we need--or if there is going to be demonstration, for instance, the demonstration project authority we have now is awkward, bulky, and it was set up in 1978.

Why for Department of Defense, Homeland Security, and Veterans, what is your perception?

OK. Other ideas and thoughts?

Let me just throw one thing in there as well.

I think program implementation is extraordinarily important.

So your statement is the probation period for them, that one year time period starts when they have only really seen them for 2 months because it started earlier.

That would be helpful to us as we get a chance to look at the workforce, because obviously we want to look at why there is a decline in one area.

OK. Any other ideas on that specifically?

This is an issue that hurts high-performing teams.

The federal government has a responsibility to uphold its commitments to Native Americans.

Gentlemen, thank you for being here. I appreciate the conversation on this. These are obviously extremely complicated issues.

I have met a lot, and it is a great group of people.

I would advise the State of Oklahoma and its political leadership to look to Montana as a means of trying to create a framework for moving forward on resolving these matters.

The State of Montana did something very important. They statutorily recognized the Winters doctrine and the primacy of Indian water rights.

To speak from Montana's experience, to get to State legislative approval, the negotiations generally have gone on and off oftentimes for a decade.

So it takes an act of Congress, literally, to move water from one area to another area within a State.