02/25/2009
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"Congressional Republicans--the same ones who say they love the Constitution--do not even believe the President should be able to exercise authorities clearly listed in that document."
"There was $50 million in drought funding for California, alone. It seems to me that a priority ought to be to deal with a species recovery plan that would not rely solely on the use of water."
"Well, thank you very much. Keep both Subcommittees updated as to what resources you may need."
"I think the fact that we detected fruit flies 12 times this year, and were able to quickly respond to those and eradicate those, shows how good the detection systems are."