"I am confident there is broad agreement on this committee, within the Administration and in Indian country that the negotiated settlement model is a far better approach than the litigation model."
"Idaho is a model for the type of success that can be achieved by the settlement model."
"Water resource management is a critical issue everywhere, but prolonged drought conditions and inherently arid regions in western states make this issue especially important to Idaho and its neighbors..."
"Let us assume that Congress were to pass a law that created a regulatory budget."
"I definitely personally would not like to see the agency be its own watchdog."
"Who decides whether the agency has exceeded the budget? How is that calculated?"
"I can assure you that your testimony will be very seriously taken into consideration."
"We want to be able to collaborate with you to be able to make that happen, rather than having rigid edicts come down."
"Well, there certainly, I don't think, is any substitute for involving people who know the land and who know the circumstances around it."
"I have said this already, but your written testimony as well as your presentations today have been very helpful."
"Well, thank you, Senator Scott, and I can speak for myself that at the level of this Committee and Congress, we are really glad to have someone with expertise in this industry to talk with us and work..."