Michael Bennet

Thank you very much, Mr. Sternberger. Thanks for being here.

We need solutions that fuel long-term economic development and provide multiple benefits like Senator Bennet's Healthy Watersheds and Healthy Communities Act.

Good. Great. Well, what a fantastic panel. It is actually hard to believe that you were not preparing your testimony together.

Thank you all for being here today.

I do think has enormous potential but has fallen short of that potential in the rollout.

I think if we can move decision-making point down a level or two to the people that are interacting with us on daily basis, we would get a better result.

In my mind, this is a perfect example of what we are trying to get to in the conversations that we are having.

What can we do to help move this forward, do you think?

I do not dare gavel you down.

Could you talk a little bit about what the producers in the Valley are beginning to think about the use of groundwater conservation easements

Thank you very much to the panel for your excellent testimony.

We can actually absolutely do a better job of incentivizing positive outcomes through the Conservation Reserve Program.

I think we need to be willing to support experiments that are going to fail.

I think that program has got a lot of potential.

Thank you. Thank you all for your excellent testimony. Appreciate your being here.

I am confident that we will come out of today's field hearings with innovative solutions for farmers and ranchers.

There is no one more committed to leaving this world cleaner, healthier, and safer than we found it.

Instead of a dust bowl, today's farmers and ranchers are dealing with a 1,200-year drought.

This is a five-alarm fire, and Washington needs to treat it that way.

The future of rural America depends on whether the next generation decides to continue operating their family farms and ranches.

Pat O'Toole is not an animal killer or a planet killer.

I am glad to live in a country where people can speak freely.

We have to figure out a way when margins are as thin as they are, to give people a chance to make mistakes along the way, too, and to learn from those mistakes.

I am honored to be here with you today and look forward to getting a farm bill across the finish line.

I would advocate that the creation of a groundwater conservation easement program under ACEP, as envisioned by Senator Bennet...