Reliable water supply is essential to the health and well being of all Americans.
The Drought Contingency Plans are designed to be a 7-year insurance policy.
I also want to make sure we don't forget the impact of the Colorado River Basin drought on ecosystems and the environment.
I want to thank everyone for joining us today for a very important hearing to examine the Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan.
I look forward to hearing more about how the plan that started with the states has grown to an intergovernmental and international partnersh...
The Colorado River Basin has been in drought for 19 years and counting.
I appreciate the work of many people who helped get us to this point.
On behalf of the Western Coalition of Arid States (WESTCAS) we wish to express our strong support for the Colorado River Basin States Colora...
It is critical that Congress approve the DCP without delay so we can begin to implement it.
I believe it is hyperbole to say that H.R. 1146 would reverse quality of life gains. It would not undo progress that has already been made.
This is about perhaps an age-old human quality: greed. But it is not about human rights.