"But that is something we could use emergency funding for? And would that be----"
"I think it is fantastic if we could find funding to help people who are suffering to, you know, overcome the short--and midterm burdens and what all that means, but ultimately they want to stay in thi..."
"Taking off on that, Colonel Chytka, my understanding is that navigation is one of the authorized uses within the basin."
"You could go back 50 years and see what it looked----"
"Hence the restoration stuff we just talked about."
"Well, as you work on the operation manual, do you plan to emphasize water conservation?"
"Well, my last question is, why does the process of drafting an environmental impact statement take so long? And are there any plans to expedite that?"
"I look forward to continuing to work with the Committee on these very important issues, answering any questions you may have."
"Do you know how much more water Georgia has requested? And when you consider that request, how do you account for the impact that any additional withdrawal is going to have on the entire water system?"
"What we want is basically to take a count of the volume and then basically have a system of fairness that would apportion it across the states that use it."
"the goal of today's hearing. We have two primary goals. The first is we want to continue to build the Congressional Record that we will be able to go back and use to justify our continued efforts to c..."