09/11/2012
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"All of us from Colorado know, Madam Chairwoman, that this is a terrible problem in the West, in particular, in Colorado."
"It is beyond comprehension unless you see it, and it is beyond avoiding. So now we are trying to deal with it."
"I just want to emphasize something that Congressman Powell has said, which is in Colorado, at least, we are really in a crisis situation."
"What do we do in the longer range? For example, if we pass climate change legislation today, that is not going to help us deal with this crisis situation; but we hope it will help us in the long run."