Thomas McClintock actually said...

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.

the principal purpose of government is not to produce abundant water and power but rather to ration and manage shortages

It seems to me that is a pretty basic question if you are evaluating cost-effectiveness and particularly if you are giving any kind of serio...