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I yield back. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Virginia. ____________________

The perception by some is that the drought ended in the West with all the rain and particularly in the Sierra Nevadas.

A healthy forest with fewer trees, less choked, that is a better system to have, certainly, than what we experience now in the Ponderosa Pine forest.

Populism is just not a governing philosophy. It is popular and you can win a few elections here or there, but it's not a governing philosophy.

It is important that Congress also consider the barriers local communities face as they plan and pursue new water projects.

The purpose of today's hearing is to receive testimony on water supply and drought issues.

I was glad to see the President signed the Russia bill today. I think he was kind of pushed into it but I was glad to see him sign it.

Drought planning, watershed restoration, better use of existing reservoirs, a reliable water supply and drought protection cannot be achieved without storage infrastructure and forward-thinking management and planning.

I think our allies need that, certainly our adversaries need to hear that, and I'm concerned that whether we don't have that out of the White House right now.

Between the hours of 11 am and 2 pm every day, California is pushing no-cost power----

I think we are facing a crisis of conservatism. We've got to get back to the principles of limited government, economic freedom, free trade, if we want to be a governing party.