"I think they are doing very good work, but they are not the law, and this is the law."
"Our economy lost $42.7 billion from the drought last year."
"I would like to ensure that they proceed as quickly as possible because the seismic risk in California is not going down."
"I am concerned that Reclamation has pumped less water in 2016 during this El Nino year than it did in 2015."
"I am disappointed in the proposals from both agencies represented here today."
"I want to thank you for your efforts related to the President's designation of three new national monuments in the California desert."
"It is a serious problem in our State. We have some 24,422 abandoned mines."
"I continue to hear that water pumping decisions are still being based on when protected fish might be near the pumps rather than when we know they actually are present."
"I do not intend to quit, so I am going to be at this, and there are so many conflicting opinions."
"You have served with distinction within the Army, both at home and abroad."
"I am not ever giving up on King Cove and getting my 10-mile--the people of King Cove a 10-mile, one-lane gravel non-commercial use road."