$7,000, I think that amount seems astronomical.

When something is scarce, it becomes expensive. When it is plentiful, it is cheap.

The estimated cost for our facility would basically be capital costs, about $7,000 an acre-foot.

We have five districts here that want to get into a relationship with the Federal government. We have one here that has been in such a relationship and wants to get out because of all the regulatory burdens and costs that are associated.

We are no longer looking at cost-benefit analysis of which projects make economic sense and which do not.

The litigation is a creature of this Congress. Perhaps we ought to reign it in.

As Congresswoman Herseth Sandlin said, we have actually still got a viable industry there.

I hate to be stalled by someone who is using a law to, just for that purpose.

Now there is word that all four major global temperature tracking outlets release data showing the temperatures have dropped significantly over the last year.

If we thin the forests, they are healthy; if we fail to thin them, they are ravaged.

We have, I think, established that this is a very serious problem.

Thank you, Madam Chairman; a lot has been said about the interaction of temperature and water on the beetle infestation.