They might think it is OK this day, this week, and then the next time you go to do it on a different field, changing a crop, plowing or whatever, you might have a different bureaucrat that shows up and says, 'You cannot do that, and we are…

They feel like, as in my opening statement, if they want to change their irrigation system in any way now they are going to be subject to that being a waterway of the United States or somehow navigable.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the administration's proposal would insert Federal control into land use decisions in virtually all of California and the Central Valley.

I think it needs to be withdrawn because this is really a shot across the bow of all of us in the West.

For me it comes down to what provides the most freedom.

I believe the EPA is attempting to seize control of virtually all land use in the United States through this extremely creative interpretation of the law.

This is the scary part for my growers, for my constituents because they are subjective.

We have seen Federal agencies...attack activities that are specifically exempted in the Act, exempted in the Act from regulation, particularly farming activities like maintaining irrigation systems.

Does this mean the administration now intends to regulate puddles? It certainly appears to be the case.

this Walden legislation, I think, is perfectly in line with having a better say by your local government

Well, you need to give people an outlet, and they find that there is no outlet.

I always want to take it back to the kitchen table, to our average Americans that hear what goes on with their land, the way it is managed, how it affects their power, its reliability, its costs.