Mark Udall actually said...

"Water plays a critical role in the production of the energy that powers our society, especially energy derived from fossil fuels."

"That does not mean that the federal government should become a water regulator and create winners and losers based on water rights."

"The water supplies are important in all parts of our country. But certainly in the West we, as in the Rocky Mountain West, we really know, living in an arid climate, the challenges that we face."

"There's a well known Civil War Major, one armed veteran, Major Powell who made that very proposal. We're now trying in the West to govern ourselves based on his principles."