"Thank you, Chairman Thompson, and Ranking Member Lujan Grisham."
"Thank you, Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member Lujan Grisham, and Members of the Subcommittee for the opportunity to provide testimony this morning."
"I really appreciate that because--and that is not to minimize that you identified significant issues with the current proposed rule, but that getting to a place where all of the stakeholders are clari..."
"We thank you for holding your hearing March 17, 2015, to review the proposed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rulemaking."
"We call on EPA and the Corps to withdraw the proposal and engage in a meaningful dialogue with all stakeholders, including electric cooperatives and others that provide essential services to the rural..."
"Clean water is vital to the productivity and well-being of America's farms, ranches and rural communities."
"we have significant issues in terms of clarity about who does what, and in the proposed rule by EPA we find ourselves in much the same situation."
"the stakeholder involvement on this proposed rule is inadequate."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman."
"the current situation to be unacceptable, however, we think that this proposed rule would be dramatically worse than the current situation."
"I think it is important both from the EPA and from our expert witnesses, we really need to understand the genesis of that cost."