"These actions keep the water running, allow for power production, and provide water certainty for all the communities involved."
"Thank you for the opportunity to begin the first hearing in Congress on this Subcommittee."
"Well, there is a big issue in my area because some of the cities are beginning to fight over whose water it is."
"I have in my district, which is the size of Connecticut, a contaminated site with pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, and jet fuel that is over $100 million and it has another 10, 15 years to clean u..."
"California has more stringent standards than the Federal when you are talking about NEPA."
"As whether or not, in the last Administration, there was a cut in some funding."
"But there are nine?"
"Currently, do you have enough, do you feel there are enough personnel to be able to do what you have?"
"And home leases?"
"Native Americans have been on the back of the bus for a long, long time in being able to get heard in many areas."
"A lot being?"