In 2009 when we had a similar situation, you had 45 percent unemployment. You had farmers in bread lines. It was really a terrible, terrible situation.
Well, as I recall in 2009, we got about 450,000 acre-feet from a number of administrative changes...
Just so everybody here knows the impact of this, California, I should say, America's largest agriculture State is California.
Why is flood control spending down in your budget for fiscal year 2013 when compared to fiscal year 2012?
Are you going to be able to get there this year?
The Administration has all of the clout. Therefore, it has the responsibility.
The damage is much, much greater. There is no ability to respond to it proportionately.
We are nowhere close to modern.
I do want to thank the President for including $13 million in the budget request for the dredging of the Portland Harbor.
How about at the pumps? Can any changes be made in how the pumps are run, the reverse flow?
Who suffers? The Corps, the Bureau. They are pushed and compressed.