Doug LaMalfa

The bill being discussed today, obviously, will have great impact on the supply and hydropower.

It will have great impact on future water storage projects, especially in my home state of California.

The science does not back that up.

Yet, we have seen little change in the direction of that in this new Administration, and my constituents are very disappointed that they are not being heard on this.

the hell-bent effort to remove four dams on the Klamath River with very, I think, incomplete science--incomplete is being generous on that.

I request that the Secretary withdraw the previous Secretary's approval of the Klamath Dam removal and inform the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission of the withdrawal, so decisions are not made without all the science.

In order to get it on the record, two of the charges Mr. Houser made in submitting that letter--one was, Number one was intentional falsification.

I appreciate this legislation brought forward by Mr. Calvert, and certainly will provide clarity on how people are supposed to manage water supplies.

the taxpayers will get fed up because they don't believe or trust the dollars will actually get to the highways.

Help us this day to have constructive and positive conversations that are informative for constituents.

Not ready to go certainly wouldn't reflect any of the local effort... It would merely be Federal Government dithering.

The lack of management of the salmon stocks, the consequences have been enforced as justifying reductions in water supply to California's farms and cities.

The purpose of today's hearing is to discuss how to resolve Carcieri v. Salazar, and how to address issues concerning Federal fee-to-trust policy.

this is a relationship between the Federal Government and Indian tribes.

Trust land is critical for tribes to exercise their unique powers of self-government, making resolution of Carcieri critical.

the Endangered Species Act is in need of significant reforms, with the success rate of species' moving from endangered to fully recovered around 1-3 percent.

I see a lot of parallels with the Veterans Administration and IHS here.

Adequate health care is one of the most important issues to American Indian and Alaska Natives; however, the IHS direct care system is deficient, inadequate, and is simply failing areas of the country that need help the most.

This bill does not fix every problem in the IHS, however, it is a step in the right direction for Indian Country.

H.R. 2662, the Restoring Accountability in the Indian Health Service Act, is intended to make reforms to the Indian Health Service to help a broken system.

the real frustration is with implementation of the projects.

The purpose of today's hearing is to perform a status check on the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations.

My interest, part of the interest in working on this Committee is working for more Indian sovereignty and more of their own ability to pursue their interests as they see fit.

We have to get it done. Instead, we waste sometimes a year, year and a half, and the value of the wood is pretty much shot by then.

We have a lot of issues going on. I have a northern California district, top of the state, and one of the things that we are very, very, concerned about is USDA's oversight of the Forest Service.