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� J <br />Our rivers flow to or through nearly a dozen and a <br />half.states and the Republic of Mexico. Like you <br />nobody wants all the water; they just want what they <br />need, and like you none of us gets what they need, I <br />have to be critical that you seem so singularly <br />unwilling for. your. own purposes, whatever they may <br />be, and I'm sure they are legitimate, you haven't <br />suggested at one time that there was a failure to go <br />through the Colorado Water Conservation Board and <br />procure the just needs that you want. I don't think <br />that anybody who "buys water ", in your words, is able <br />to put it to precisely what they want. They must <br />Follow the law, and in the years in which this has <br />been in place it has done a great'deal'of good, and I <br />want to thank you very 'sincerely for your <br />commendation on that. . In regard to your comments <br />about the Federal government, I included those in my <br />formal remarks and will repeat it there. I have no . <br />more questions. I thank you for your courtesy. <br />Bishop Any questions from the members of the committee? <br />Thank you for being here to testify. We have quite a <br />few lined up, and I hope that we can move as quickly <br />as possible with them. Dave Walker, please identify <br />yourself and who you represent for the record please. <br />Walker I'm David Walker, Deputy Director for the Colorado <br />Water Conservation Board. I very much appreciate the <br />opportunity to be here today. I apologize for Bill <br />McDonald's absence; he had a prior commitment with <br />the Colorado River Salinity Control Forum in Cheyenne <br />today and needed a pinch hitter. I can be fairly <br />brief because I think Senator McCormick has very <br />Eloquently set the stage for the concerns of our <br />Board and the question that this Legislation has <br />considered in this session and its legal status. The <br />