I am grateful to be joined today by several Members who represent this region but who are not on the Natural Resources Committee.
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God.
Let me start again by thanking Representative Valadao and Representative Duarte for their help in organizing this important hearing.
California is obviously terrifically important to America--40 million people, 15 percent of the nation's GDP.
The western part of the United States is an arid and dry region.
Many of the problems that are suggested in that 30-year-old book have been appropriately addressed.
Many people...don't understand that the western part of the United States is an arid and dry region.
Many people... don't understand that the western part of the United States is an arid and dry region.
I would suggest that that particular approach has been proven incorrect.
The purpose of today's hearing is to talk about storage of water.
This is a necessity for most of those 78 million people.