Political Quotes

“I would disagree that we have not put in safeguards. We put in a safeguard that my colleague who just spoke offered in committee. He offered an amendment, and we adopted it in the spirit of fair play and bipartisanship, that Congress be given a 90-day notice if there ever were to be a transfer that we objected to, and we could do a resolution of disapproval, stopping that transfer. If something was wrong in the transaction, it was too big, multiuse, or whatever, we have a way to stop that. That was the amendment that my colleague offered, and we adopted that. So we have built-in safeguards. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Newhouse), who is an expert on many water issues in the West.”