Grace Napolitano

There is opposition to this bill from 90 conservation, recreation, and sportsmen groups, including the Grand County Board of Commissioners, Summit County Board of Commissioners, Eagle County Board of Commissioners, besides the other…

I now yield such time as she may consume to the gentlewoman from Massachusetts (Ms. Tsongas).

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I will include in the Record a list of amendments proposed that the Rules Committee did not find in order that are asking to exempt Allegheny National Forest, Delaware River Watershed, and Delaware…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 238, noes 174, not voting 19, as follows: [Roll No. 132] AYES--238…

I thank Mr. Polis for yielding. I must say that, again, I must direct attention to the fact that the February 11 letter from the ski resorts focuses on narrowing the bill, not the bill in total, but narrow focus. Mr. Polis joined Mr…

This bill is so badly written we really have no idea--I repeat, no idea--what impact this may have on tribes. Yes, Mr. Mullin, I totally support water rights for Native Americans. We have been working on that for at least 8 years in my…

This amendment does not fix the bill because the bill cannot be fixed. The savings clause in the base bill and the savings clause that Mr. Mullin's amendment includes are symptoms of the problem that we pointed out before in this bill, not…

I know I have said it before, the ski resort association wants to focus on this bill, so I am suggesting that we do approve the Polis amendment and then hold a hearing--an open hearing and a transparent hearing--for those agencies that are…

The amendment doesn't fix the bill because the bill cannot be fixed. The savings clause in the base bill and the savings clauses that will likely be added by the manager's amendment are symptoms of the problem with the initial bill, not…

I am certainly grateful for the opportunity to have this dialogue, and I think it is very important for the American people to listen in and understand that one bill that was meant to cover a specific issue has been turned into a…

My colleague is right, but then let's hold a hearing on the water rights themselves and bring the impacted and affected parties to the table, so that there is a fair hearing which is open, transparent, and fair, but we haven't done that…

The base bill actually creates all kinds of uncertainty, and allows a ski area owner to sell their water rights. If you are a local business owner in that area who depends on the ski resort business, let's say you own a restaurant or an…

There is no taking of anybody's water rights in this case and the majority knows it. Claiming this is a taking is misleading and irresponsible. The only way State or private water rights could, I repeat, could be transferred or diminished…

When we considered the bill in committee, the majority claimed the bill had nothing to do with the ESA or the bypass flows or FERC or reclamation projects, which we pointed out that it did. Now they have a savings clause for each one of…

The legislation we have to consider today is flawed on many levels-- it is flawed on process; it is flawed on policy; and it is flawed in claiming that it protects States' water rights. H.R. 3189 does not solve the problem--it creates more…

May I inquire how much time remains? The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from California has 15\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Washington has 18 minutes remaining.

How can we be confident of that?

And the answer to the bridges? You know, the truck freight is not being factored in, supposedly, according to our information.

My concern is, like in California, they try to go to a tandem 53-footer, which cannot navigate the on-ramps and off-ramps in our freeways.

my area is the home of the Corridor of National Significance, rail-truck corridor, 100 trains a day, 50,000 trucks through my district.

So I agree with Mayor Bennett that Federal involvement to help move goods is critical.

We can go on debating the issue, but everybody who takes a loan has to pay interest, and I don't see any reason why since 1902 our irrigators have been singled out for not having to pay that while the power marketing agencies and other…

I now yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from California, Congressman Thompson.

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining on both sides. The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from California has 8-\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Washington has 9 minutes remaining.

In closing, we have heard a lot of conversation about what is good and what is not good for my great State of California. We continue to stress we need to work together. Mr. Bera said that. Mr. Denham says create your own. Well, I thought…