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,
Impeachment resolution of President Trump, and members will begin debate on raising the minimum wage. Now to live coverage of the u. S. House here on cspan. The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our guest chaplain, the reverend john p. Fitzgibbons, regis university, denver, colorado. God, plain most holy please unite and guide the leaders in this house to recognize, to speak for, and to safeguard the vulnerable and the marginalized in all corners of our nation. Help us to hear and to champion the rights of dreamers of all colors, all context, and all ages, especially the young whose ardent desire is to know and to build a better society. Help us to illuminate the path and to advocate for our countrys learners and their teachers so that access to education and the power of knowledge will continue to produce servant leaders committed to democracy, equality, and justice. Help us to unite our hearts and our minds to share freely of our gifts, to reflect crit
Not price gouge on essentials like gas and hotels. Concerns over the situation have reached all the way to washington, d. C. , the white house just responding to the situation in oroville. Keeping a close eye on the oroville dam situation in california. We have worked closely with doug la m alfa who represents californias First District where the dam is located and other state officials to help people who have been impacted. The situation is a textbook kbam pl of why we need to pursue a major infrastructure package in congress. Dams, bridges, roads and all ports around the country have fallen into disrepair. In order to prevent the next disaster, we will pursue the president s vision for an overhaul of our nations crumbling infrastructure. Talking about crumbling infrastructure, efforts underway right now to try to sure up these damaged spill ways, kris. Reporter nbc bay area pete suratos is in oroville and has the latest. Reporter good morning to you guys in the newsroom. Things are p
Tonight, we have Team Coverage for you and rob mayeda will tell us how long the Severe Weather will be with us, rob . Reporter yes, on the radar its the outer fringe of the storm now reaching the north bay coastline, you see that in sonoma county, and the Santa Cruz Mountains, the regional view showing us the heavier showers here approaching the coast and the storm, the ample supply of moisture that stretches way out to north of hawaii, we call it the Atmospheric River setup, you see the storm of developing offshore, tapping into the tropical plume that once it makes the connection it has the capacity to boost the rainfall rates sometimes an hour or tripling it to the coastline. It could lead to rising creeks and rivers and wind gusts accelerating through the hills tomorrow, and wind gusts up to 60 miles an hour, going into this event, many of the reservoirs, especially the south bay spilling over, anderson, the reservoir we talked about a lot, and the coyote reservoir, lexington, too,