05/24/2011
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"This bill is a step in the right direction as it provides the mechanism to fund deferred maintenance on these irrigation projects that have built up over decades."
"If we pass this IRRIGATE Act, would you be able to add additional acres under your irrigation?"
"Nobody knows trust responsibility better than you. I mean that with the highest regard."
"When I first got here, you had discretionary funding in the VA; now it is mandatory."