I do not profess to be a water lawyer, I only figure that the Colorado Water Congress who follows this very carefully, would interpret it differently, and feels that because our State declares a water right to be a property right under this Federal law, if we did anything that would impact upon someone's property right it would be a taking. And therefore, we really could mess up the whole thing.
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I was really pleased to hear the Speaker say he did not have an objection to it, and was wondering, since it appears to have been cleared and so noncontroversial, could we get it out and could we get it passed?
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