"I just don't get the warm fuzzies when I hear that the Federal Government is here to help me."
"Are we making policy based on pre-determined outcomes?"
"Yet captive breeding isn't allowed to be included in many of these decisions involving endangered species, despite the fact it is often infinitely cheaper and more effective than other measures that c..."
"For you, we have heard many examples in this committee of politically driven junk science that is masquerading under the phrase 'best available science,' and I mean stunning gaps in data that--anythin..."
"More water is better than less water."
"If the climate continues to warm, as it has been on and off since the last Ice Age, snow packs will not be holding water as long."
"What can you recommend to us as changes that need to be made at the Federal level to bring about this new era of water storage?"
"Thank you very much."
"Just in that single watershed, 30 potential sites. So suitable geological sites are not in short supply."
"Well, should an economically viable water project not pay for itself?"
"Western irrigated agriculture is a strategic national resource, and the role of the Federal Government in the 21st century should be to protect and enhance that resource."