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Sam Gibbons: “Mr. Speaker, S. 1761 will enable the Bureau of Reclamation to develop a program to improve the supply of water in the…”

On the recordDecember 4, 2000
Mr. Speaker, S. 1761 will enable the Bureau of Reclamation to develop a program to improve the supply of water in the Lower Rio Grande region of the State of Texas. This action is needed for two reasons. The first concerns local weather patterns. There have been several periods in the last 10 years that rainfall in this area of Texas has been below normal. The second is that Mexico failed from the period 1992 through 1997 to deliver 1 million acre feet of water to the Rio Grande, which is a principal source of water for this area. As of today, that deficit has not been corrected. In addition to setting up the general program, this legislation also provides authorization for four specific projects involving the lining of irrigation canals and substituting pipes for canals. Both will conserve significant amounts of water. Mr. Speaker, I urge support for this bill.
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Sam Gibbons
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Discussing S. 1761 to improve water supply in the Lower Rio Grande region of Texas.

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