Spencer Cox actually said...

"Utah weeps for them today. This war is once again cost us the best blood of a generation. We must rally around his family."

"The entire State of Utah is in full support of this bill and this settlement."

"We recognize, however, that properly-established, federally-reserved water rights, particularly tribal rights, are an important exception to that rule."

"We have committed to use negotiation rather than litigation as our preferred method of resolving reserved right claims."