"We have tried everything possible to try to, in effect, bring together a bipartisan effort to fix what is a broken water system in California."
"Mr. Bettner is present here today as a witness. We very much appreciate his help."
"We ought to be fair and equitable for every region in California when we talk about the water tools that are available to solve those regional water needs for those areas."
"No, but we need to fix a broken water system, don't you think?"
"It is a national security issue and we don't treat it like a national security issue."
"I want to commend you for your years of service to our country and to American agriculture."
"If we further weaken fisheries protections, we need to think about what comes next."
"The application of pesticides and herbicides is made with very cautious and cost-effective evaluations."
"I am an almond grower myself. It does require bees, and we are sensitive to the pollination issues."
"Well, Madam Chair, I think for the record we ought to get an estimate in terms of the economic impacts, so we would have a better knowledge of that."
"United States agriculture industry, particularly the livestock industry, has been fortunate as foot-and-mouth disease, otherwise referred to as FMD, has not been a threat since 1929."