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the problems that we saw with the bill, and the criticism would 

 have been the same if we had tried to repeal the CVPIA. 



So, you know, I welcome you to work with us to try to fix these 

 problems that exist, but in order to do that, you are going to have 

 to hear the other side of it, and you are going to have to hear some 

 of the things that my farmers say. You know, George and Cal and 

 I are all farmers from the Central Valley, and we have some expe- 

 rience with what this has done. And I would be more than happy 

 to tell you what this is doing to my district. Thank you. 



Mr. DOOLITTLE. Thank you. Mr. Miller is recognized. 



Mr. Miller. Senator Bradley was nice enough to take the time 

 to come over, and he wasn't in the room when I spoke, and I want- 

 ed to thank him very much. 



Senator Bradley. I understood you defended me, and I appre- 

 ciate that very much. You might have told them since they didn't 

 know about a New Jersey Senator doing something about Califor- 

 nia, 2md he chastised California for having that New Jersey Sen- 

 ator do something. I am talking about the Pyramid Lake-Piute Set- 

 tlement Act which is part of his district 



Mr. Miller. Senator, those who will want to engage you on west- 

 em water will find out that your understanding of the complexities 

 of the western water system, whether they are in Colorado or Ne- 

 vada, and all of the settlements that you have participated in when 

 you were Chair of the subcommittee to the benefit of westerners in 

 all of our states — ^will find that knowledge rather extensive. And I 

 can't tell you how much I appreciate your pledge to stay involved 

 in this issue. 



You know, this bill was about a very large and dynamic state 

 that had a water regime that was drawn up in the 1940's and im- 

 plemented in the '50's and '60's that would have continued to deny 

 us change in the governance of our state in terms of our emerging 

 economies and our emerging population; a state that every 10 years 

 has added 10 million people to it. Like it or not, that is our fact, 

 and water is needed for homebuilding, and water is needed for the 

 semiconductor industry, and water is needed for all of these diverse 

 uses. 



And that is why the purposes of this Act were changed to say 

 that you have to take into account not just flood control and agri- 

 culture as we once thought in 1940, but now we have problems 

 with the environmental. And it is right, it is protected in the con- 

 stitution, and it does provide instream flows for this protection. 



We had to match this because of the tug and pull of 32 million 

 people that California is going to house, and we could not give sin- 

 gle authority to the Central Valley agricultural people as they 

 have. And this bill simply gives people seats at the table that were 

 denied by law seats at those tables. 



The outcome was the delta system where the governor started 

 out saying he would never participate to him proudly signing the 

 accords with the EPA, Fish and Wildlife, environmentalists, urban, 

 agricultural people. This was a new day for California. Why? Be- 

 cause this bill put people's — ^we have said from the outset — we said 

 again this morning — we do not object to looking at these provisions. 



But let us not suggest that this bill is a consensus bill. You will 

 hear from the very same people that Mr. Dooley recited who, yes, 



