Without these dams and canals and reclaim water plants the American West would not be the worldwide destination that it is today. It has taken tremendous foresight. They have been great investments. In my home state in arizona, what started as a 10 million federal investment which now contributes 250 billion to the nation. Earlier i toured all 15 counties in arizona. I saw forehand how these Major Investments shaped the state. From hoover dam, salt river praur project, federal investment in these projects is therefore critical. When i visited in january, local water experts including one of our witnesses here today laid out to me how the water districts maintain and manage imperial dam and related infrastructure which supplies water to california and arizonas massive economy. Irrigation projects have unleashed the economy. The return on the investments for our nation is clear. It is our turn to step up and make the next round of investments. We must ensure existing facilities keep runn
Tardy. Im trying to be in a few places at once. Thanks for your patience. Throughout the rest, water is essential to everything we do. The infrastructure took centuries to build. Without these dams and canals and reclaim water plants the American West would not be the worldwide destination that it is today. It has taken tremendous foresight. They have been great investments. In my home state in arizona, what started as a 10 million federal investment which now contributes 250 billion to the nation. Earlier i toured all 15 counties in arizona. I saw forehand how these Major Investments shaped the state. From hoover dam, salt river praur project, federal investment in these projects is therefore critical. When i visited in january, local water experts including one of our witnesses here today laid out to me how the water districts maintain and manage imperial dam and related infrastructure which supplies water to california and arizonas massive economy. Irrigation projects have unleashed
Any oral Opening Statements after the hearing are limited to the chairman and the ranking vicer, the vice chair and Ranking Member this allows us to hear from our witnesses sooner and helps members keep their schedule. I am told that votes are expected in 30 minutes. We will recess for those of votes than we will come back as soon as we can get that series finished. I apologize for the inconvenience but sometimes that is the way we have to do things. Thanks to everyone for joining us to discuss International Trophy hunting today. Trophy hunting can be an incredibly divisive issue. Americans, it can be deeply disturbing to see photos with slainposing lions, elephants, or charismatic animals. Many believe the trophy hunting typically done by extremely wealthy individuals is different in character than the responsible sustainable hunting and angling traditions that are so widely embraced in our country. Illicitunting elicits mixed feelings even in sportsmans country. That is often the mos
Increase water storage and conservation in western states with Brenda Berman and water resource efforts from colorado, idaho and arizona. This is about an hour. The hearing of the Senate Energy Natural Resources soouks will come to order. I want to apologize for being tardy. Im trying to be in a few places at once. Thanks for your patience. Throughout the rest, water is essential to everything we do. The infrastructure took centuries to build. Without these dams and canals and reclaim water plants the American West would not be the worldwide destination that it is today. It has taken tremendous foresight. They have been great investments. In my home state in arizona, what started as a 10 million federal investment which now contributes 250 billion to the nation. Earlier i toured all 15 counties in arizona. I saw forehand how these Major Investments shaped the state. From hoover dam, salt river praur project, federal investment in these projects is therefore critical. When i visited in
Because of the popularity of these programs the reality is they are dramatically oversubscribed. New era is four times oversubscribed which i believe shows how important this program is to electric cooperatives across the country and how important it is to see this long overdue investment. Its great to see this and highlight the excitement of the rural coops across the country. Mr. Secretary for new era, can you share an update on how we might see application start to move forward in the process . We are in the process of completing the evaluation of approximately 70 projects of the number that was submitted. As you indicated it was a very Popular Program and oversubscribed. In an effort to determine which of these programs are feasible from a technical standpoint and from a financial standpoint. Once those evaluations are done, those projects will be ranked. And then well basically compare those rankings to the resources available. And begin a more detailed conversation to assert whet