"It is important that Congress exercise its oversight authorities over the executive branch."
"People, including the agencies before us today, have to come to the table to help find lasting solutions."
"The status quo isn't working, at least in the Klamath, and I venture to say it is not working in other places throughout the West."
"I am much more interested in exactly how that money is being spent."
"I will now recognize the second panel of witnesses: the Honorable Martha Williams, Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Washington, DC."
"I need the rules that reflect the procedure for imposing accountability."
"We have the money, big piles of it, but nothing--at least not enough--is happening."
"Today's hearing is about protecting people's access to our natural resources and about modernizing slightly our government."
"That lack of respect is reprehensible. It needs to change."
"I hope the Bureau is going to protect all of us taxpayers and the water users below that dam from the deferred maintenance costs of the dam."
"There is huge concern that PacifiCorp, and the state of Oregon, and the state of California are trying to offload that incredibly large obligation on the taxpayers, and I just don't think that is righ..."
"The dam is worn out, and it needs about, between $80 and $100 million worth of repairs."