Political Quotes

“H.R. 2828 gives hope to those people whose livelihoods face ruin as a result of the Interior Department's decision to shut off water to some 1,200 farm families of the Klamath Basin for the first time in the nearly 100-year history of the Bureau of Reclamation's Klamath Project. Many of these farm families are proud veterans or descendants of American veterans who wore our country's uniform and fought for freedom. The Federal Government lured them to this basin with a promise of water and land for life. They were encouraged by the Federal Government to settle the land and to feed the country. Last summer, without water, parched fields turned to dust and farm families began to stare bankruptcy in the face. To make matters even worse, these same farmers were paying for the operation and maintenance of the myriad of canals and waterways this year, paying for a project that would deliver them virtually no water. You know, in America you should not have to pay for something you do not receive, and that is where this legislation rights a wrong.”