Doug LaMalfa: “Thank you, Chairman Bentz, and also Chairman Westerman, for allowing us to have this field hearing...”

Now, if you were a miner, if you were anybody else, that would probably be life in prison for what they are doing there.

Last year, we were able to fill San Luis Reservoir 100 percent. This year, there was a vast amount, like 95 percent, of cut-down in running the pumps.

But that costs a lot of money to the taxpayers. We always say Government needs to do something. It is the taxpayers that pays for all of this.

Mrs. Napolitano's proposed legislation would hopefully allow that to be more widespread.