I have personally visited with them a number of times. I've been out to their tribal headquarters.
I very much commend you for the efforts that are underway with respect to that economic development fund.
So it was just like lawyers that pulled this together?
You did it by cutting the cost.
I've always felt that basketball was the answer.
I hope people, as you wrap up today, reflect on what Mr. Whitman said economically would happen without this agreement.
Now we can move forward in the days ahead to pass legislation built around their fine work.
This settlement deserves to be cherished. It took decades of hardship, thousands of hours of work and personal sacrifice...
These agreements truly are a model that could provide a template for other basins for long lasting, stable, foundations ...
How does this legislation help the wildlife refuges in the Basin that are so often literally starved for water?
I've been glad to join you as a co-sponsor in many of those proposals.
Today's hearing, in my view, is a victory for the Oregon way.
I've said it to you before privately, but I want to say publicly how much I've admired your courage, your persistence an...
It provides hope to the whole community.
It's exciting in that respect.
the pledge to lower the cost by more--between a quarter and a third has been exceeded.
I applaud all of them for coming today. It's an amazing group of individuals with diverse, as diverse, stakeholders comi...
It is now our challenge as a legislature to help put that plan into action.
