Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I rise against the amendment from the gentlelady from California. In fact, I want to highlight two of the Arizona witnesses who have some of the most applicable understanding of this hydropower bill. The first person I would like to quote is Mr. Bob Lynch, in which he testified: We need Congress to streamline the processes both for reclamation facilities and for non-Federal facilities. This companion enterprise will open up the West to a whole new product line of small hydropower facilities that can tap the energy in flowing water that is currently being wasted. If the red tape can be cut down, the cost of installing these units can be amortized. These are existing facilities and will have no impact other than to provide additional clean, renewable hydropower in small quantities all over the Western United States. The second person I would like to highlight is Mr. Grant Ward, who represents one of these districts in which he testified how the permitting costs of $50,000 for every small conduit hydropower unit in his area are more expensive than the actual installation of $20,000. So here we hear from Mr. Bob Lynch representing the Irrigation and Electrical Districts Association in Arizona, someone who has countless decades of experience and expertise in these issues, as well as Mr. Grant Ward, who experienced this on the ground level, dictating exactly their testimony. So I rise in opposition to this amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. The CHAIR.…”