[background noises] chair whitehouse good morning, everyone. I will calloke all this hearinge Senate Budget committee to order. Let me begin by expressing condolences to might distinguish Ranking Member for the loss of life in iowa. H no doubt described as a pop rock elliptic touchdown. And cause considerable death and destruction. Today we have a different topic thank you for. Yes, sir. We address how Climate Change is making drought more severe question magnifies so many of the other risks we talked about in this committee. Climate change exacerbates the severity of droughts. Major agricultural regions like the American West of the mediterranean precedent less precipitation in many places art whiplash bite wild swings between drought and delusion. Almost everywhere is experiencing increased heat. The most straightforward of these is increased heat. Hotter weather means higher demand for water to drink, to support agriculture but even to cool power plants. Without cold weather less sn
Hearing runs an hour and a half. [background noises] clicks good morning everyone broke all this hearing of the Senate Budget committee to order. Let me begin by expressing condolences to might distinguish Ranking Member for the loss of life in iowa. H no doubt described as a pop rock elliptic touchdown. And cause considerable death and destruction. Today we have a different topic thank you for. Yes, sir. We address how Climate Change is making drought more severe question magnifies so many of the other risks we talked about in this committee. Climate change exacerbates the severity of droughts. Major agricultural regions like the American West of the mediterranean precedent less precipitation in many places art whiplash bite wild swings between drought and delusion. Almost everywhere is experiencing increased heat. The most straightforward of these is increased heat. Hotter weather means higher demand for water to drink, to support agriculture but even to cool power plants. Without co
Cspan. Org podcast. Water policy experts from western states joint science and environmental professors from Iowa State University that university of colorado at boulder to testify on Climate Change has certain regions of the country are affected by water scarcity. The Senate Budget Committee Hearing runs an hour and a half. [background noises] clicks good morning everyone broke all this hearing of the Senate Budget committee to order. Let me begin by expressing condolences to might distinguish Ranking Member for the loss of life in iowa. H no doubt described as a pop rock elliptic touchdown. And cause considerable death and destruction. Today we have a different topic thank you for. Yes, sir. We address how Climate Change is making drought more severe question magnifies so many of the other risks we talked about in this committee. Climate change exacerbates the severity of droughts. Major agricultural regions like the American West of the mediterranean precedent less precipitation in
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[background noises] clicks the committee will come to order without objection shares authorized to declare recess for the committee any time. The hearing todays entitled oversight of regulators. Without objection all members of five legislative days in which to submit extraneous materials to the chair for inclusion in the record. Just one additional comment members about the schedule. This has a hard stop at 2 00 p. M. And accommodation of the three regulars before us. We will not go past 2 00 p. M. Arachnids must sell for four minutes to give an Opening Statement we here to conduct oversight regulators there is plenty to discuss put forward a proposal that require robust debate and explanation. You are first up. We all know why you failed your employees your agency the fact have not yet resigned approves no responsibility for your actions showing up today is not an act of courage is an act of hubris. You are confronted with a report outlining appalling and abhorrent behavior at the fe