09/21/2011
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"Well, the Federal trust responsibility is to assign water rights to the reservation; it is not to pay for the project for the reservation."
"I have no further questions, Madame Chairwoman."
"why should United States citizens outside of the Pojoaque Basin pay for 'a local water settlement' such as the proposed Aamodt settlement?"
"The United States owes a Federal trust obligation to these Pueblos to protect the water rights of the Acequias and their members."