The importance of the Colorado River to the West and to my state cannot be overstated.

The federally funded National Climate Assessment found that rising global temperatures have changed the Southwest water cycle and decreased snowpack.

Chairman Grijalva, who is going to get it over the finish line here within this body, within Congress.

This is a short-term plan. It is a good plan, it is a solid plan, and it deserves our support, but it is not intended to be a long-term plan.

Make no mistake, one of the primary reasons we are here today is climate change.

I think all of us in Arizona owe another debt of gratitude to our tribal communities, our tribal leaders for willing to be such leaders in this effort and to be team players in the sacrifice for the greater good of the people of Arizona.

It is going to take a lot of great leadership to get this over the finish line.

As Mayor of the City of Phoenix (Phoenix), I am writing to you today in support of the Colorado River Drought Contingency Plans (DCP)...

I represent one of the fastest growing communities in the United States of America.

Madam Chair, thank you for hosting this hearing, having these outstanding representatives from a broad range of industry on this important topic.

The government shutdown impacted 800,000 Federal workers across the country and had an $11 billion impact on our economy according to the Congressional Budget Office.

Mr. Whitaker, thank you for appearing before us here today. Your time as Acting Attorney General is near end.

The American people deserve better.

Gun violence happens every single day in America. It takes lives every single day, but has become so commonplace that it doesn't make headlines.

Ninty percent of Americans support background checks for every gun sale.

When this Congress finally does pass H.R. 8, and I think we will, it will honor you.

Gun violence happens every single day in America.

It is time for Congress to act and rebuild with us.

The American people in a bipartisan way are in favor of these positive reforms.

I want to ask the witnesses here, particularly Ms. Gupta and Ms. Ifill, to talk about the benefits--if this Congress does do the right thing and restore the Voting Rights Act.

I am proud that in the 116th Congress the very first bill that was introduced is the 'For the People Act.'

Weak words are not enough. Failure to call ISIS a mass murderer of Christians, Muslims, and other groups in addition to Yezidis by its proper name, genocide, would be an active denial as grave as U.S. refusal to recognize the Rwandan…

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