We have worked with the Western Governors. No, they have not signed off on it. We have given them every opportunity to be involved, and that is one of the reasons, quite frankly, for which there needs to be a dispute resolution. ... it has been determined, you know, through the Supreme Court that, in fact, States ultimately control the waters within their States and they cannot be preempted by a bunch of faceless Federal bureaucrats. I guess I would ask, could the gentleman name the members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission? I cannot. I do not know who they are.
Norvell Emerson: “We have worked with the Western Governors. No, they have not signed off on it. We have given them every opportunity to…”
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Discussing state control over water rights and the role of federal agencies.
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