03/24/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"I believe water and fire are the defining environmental issues of the 21st century."
"According to the U.S. Geological Service, treasured rivers in my home state, like the Verde River and the free-flowing San Pedro River, could run dry within the next 80 years."
"My home State of Arizona, like much of the West, is coping with its 16th consecutive year of drought, and the drought is taking its toll."
"80 percent of our drought-stressed forests in Arizona have been consumed by wildfire in the last 20 years."