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,
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
The presiding officer the senator from michigan. Without objection. Morning business is closed. Under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations which the clerk will report. The clerk nominations. Department of housing and urban development, Julian Castro of texas to be secretary. Executive office of the president , darcil. Vetter of nebraska to be chief agriculture negotiator, office of the United States trade representative. National foundation on the arts and the humanities. William d. Adams of maine to be chairperson. The presiding officer under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate equally divided in the usual reform prior to the vote on the castro nomination. Without objection, all time being yielded back. The question occurs on the castro nomination. Is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. There is. The yeas and nays. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote the presiding officer are is ther
Any way disrespectful to say it this way but i almost think that the senator from rhode island reminds me of that movie shawshank redemption. And i say that because one of my favorite parts of this movement im reminded that Morgan Freeman and the main character of the movie wanted to get a library for the for the prison and, frankly, that they their strategy was every single day to send a letter. And the reason why i have a tremendous respect for you is because you have been relentless, to my knowledge, in a way that i did not know about before i came to the senate. But relentlessly constantly, nonstop, not on one time when were going an entire day, but every single week going to the floor and speaking to this iss issue, speaking truth to power, using your office to try to not just speak to issues pertaining only to your state but to speak to issues that relate to our planet of the and ive generated a lot of respect for you and your consistency with that. Mr. Whitehouse i appreciate th