Talk a little bit about that is one of the opening 20 make in your book to enlighten the American Public about the rights that the cartel have at the border or the innocent people on both sides of the border one of the things that i think was really important to eliminate in chapter one of the book of what i call the Caravan Cartel is that it couldnt do it alone and i think what is shocking to people is not that you have implicit conspirators out there that are making these billions of dollars in process that is endangering lives wreaking havoc with the fact that you have minted benevolent charities and religious organizations that may think that they are doing a good deed, and of course we all know about the kind of road that good intentions pave, that religious organizations on both sides of the border that are doing service and enabling the drug cartels to make as much cash as they do. Into your state and then beyond and support money subsidizing this entire Shelter Network especial
Times and i want to get your perspective on after the 2 million a week gold cartel is making just moving people across to mcallen. You know this well. Real problem. Can you talk a little bit about that as one of the opening point in making a great what . Guest youre right congressmen. The work you are doing is so important to enlighten the American Public about the vise grip the cartels have at the border. The horrifying and appalling impact that has innocent people on both sides of the border and whether things i think is really important to eliminate in chapter 1 of the book of what i call the Caravan Cartel is that the drug cartel couldnt do it alone but i think what is shocking to people is not that you have explicit criminal conspirators out there that are making billions of dollars in profits and endangering lives and wreaking violent havoc on families and children. The fact that you have minted palaver let charities and religious organizations that may think they are doing good
Next, a hearing examining ways to increase water storage and conservation in western states we also heard about water supply infrastructure. Held by a Senate Energy subcommittee, this is an hour. The hearing of the Senate Energy Natural Resources subcommittee on power and water 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. And has allowed our cities to grow and our farms to prosper. Without these dams and canals and reclaim water plants the American West would not be the bread basket or worldwide destination that it is today. It has taken tremendous foresight and major investment to develop the Water Systems that are the backbones of our western communities and businesses. They have been great investments. In my home state in arizona, what started as a 10 million federal development in 1903 laid the ground
Subcommittee on power and water 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. And has allowed our cities to grow and our farms to prosper. Without these dams and canals and reclaim water plants the American West would not be the bread basket or worldwide destination that it is today. It has taken tremendous foresight and major investment to develop the Water Systems that are the backbones of our western communities and businesses. They have been great investments. In my home state in arizona, what started as a 10 million federal development in 1903 laid the groundwork for todays phoenix metropolitan area shareholder now contributes 250 billion to the nation in gdp. Earlier i toured all 15 counties in arizona. I saw firsthand how these Major Investments shaped the state. From hoover dam, salt river project,
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