Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I appreciate the recognition. I rise today to talk about an issue that is a disaster. Earlier this week, we saw a water diversion project, that takes water from the St. Mary drainage and puts it in the Milk River, literally blow up. That siphon that blew up had been around for over 100 years. It is critical for Northern Montana. The project is near a town called Babb, MT. The siphon failure caused thousands of gallons of water to flood the surrounding area, leading to extensive damage to local businesses in that area, and will damage irrigation opportunities for 120,000 acres. What do I mean when I say ``damage irrigation''? They won't have any water to irrigate. It also provides water to four municipalities, two rural water systems, and two Tribes. It is a vital source of water for North Central Montana's water users and to so many farmers who feed the world. Now, the timing of this could not be worse because there are literally hundreds of farmers and ranchers who are currently depending on the Milk River Project to irrigate their crops. Because of the severity of the situation, I immediately called on the Biden administration to work to ensure that the local community and irrigators have the resources they need to fix this problem and include the Milk River Project in the administration's domestic supplemental package. That is what the administration can do, but Congress also has an opportunity and actually an obligation to do our job.…”