"I am here to thank you so much for calling this hearing, and I am really here to learn and listen."
"I wanted to thank you so much for this because I think what we are learning here is that we have made a lot of progress."
"the best fuels will win."
"Water reclamation and recycling, groundwater cleanup and more water efficient products are all technologies that are currently available."
"A 2003 GAO survey of State water managers showed that 36 States expected water shortages by the year 2013."
"Reservoirs are at historically low levels, dozens of water agencies have already ordered water rationing, and just last month, the Governor declared a State-wide water emergency."
"The topic of today's hearing is very important to me and to my home State of California, and I would like to thank the Subcommittee Chair, Senator Cardin, for holding this hearing."
"The pressures on our water resources will increase in the future."
"In California, we are currently in the third year of one of the worst droughts in the State's history."
"I would like to extend a special welcome to my fellow Californian, Martha Davis from the Inland Empire Utility Agency."
"We have been in the minority and we know how it feels, and they need to have the same respect as everybody else."