Bob Filner: “I appreciate being here with the Congressman from my adjacent district, San Diego. Before I answer the question, I do…”

“I appreciate being here with the Congressman from my adjacent district, San Diego. Before I answer the question, I do want to point out that for many years we had adjacent districts in local government, Mr. Bilbray being a county supervisor and myself being a San Diego city councilman. We have worked together for many, many years on this very issue. We have fought about it, we have argued about it, we have come to an agreement about how we should handle this, and I think it is very appropriate that we are both now in the Congress to try to finally give San Diego some assurance to try to deal satisfactorily with the environment, and yet do it in a cost-effective manner. The gentleman from California asked me about good science. The gentleman from San Jose talked about good science. The most respected scientists who deal with oceanography in the world at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography have agreed with our conclusions.”