Jim Costa actually said...

"And it seems what is lacking to me is how we can agree on a bipartisan fashion on how we obtain that goal."

"If it is going to have any success and if the locals are going to continue to support it and participate financially, and the state, the consolidation and the efforts and the Federal participation is ..."

"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for holding this important hearing. Thank you, Mr. Secretary, for the good job that you are doing on a host of issues."

"We will continue to focus like a laser beam on the issues in the California Bay Delta."