Mike Thompson actually said...
I want to commend you for being thoughtful about this, and recognizing, I trust, that the protections and the biological opinions for salmon and smelt also protect downstream people, farmers, who need good water quality, communities that depend on water that is not too salty to provide as drinking water to their residents, and the salmon economy, which has existed for a long, long time, and which is an important part of our heritage and our economy, especially in the district I represent.
04/03/2014