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35 <br /> 1 you for your report . Appreciate it . <br /> • 2 MR . GILMORE : . Thank you . <br /> 3 MR . HAYZLETT : I believe that brings us <br /> 4 to Item 6 on the agenda , reports from local water <br /> 5 users and state agencies . Purgatoire River Water <br /> 6 Conservancy District , Jeris Danielson . <br /> 7 MR . DANIELSON : Well , thank you, <br /> 8 Mr . Chairman . You know, you hear all of these sad <br /> 9 tales from the Corps and the USGS and the Bureau <br /> 10 about how we don ' t have any moisture and runoff is <br /> 11 very low . I ' m reminded of an incident in my former <br /> 12 reign of terror as State Engineer and Rio Grande <br /> • 13 Compact Commissioner, and I had the privilege to <br /> 14 work with Steve Reynolds , who State of New Mexico <br /> 15 ought to put a big statue up of Steve Reynolds in <br /> 16 front of the Bataan Memorial Building . He was a <br /> 17 power to be reckoned with, and Jess Gilmer, who was <br /> 18 the Texas Commissioner, and we were discussing Rio <br /> 19 Grande Compact issues , but Texas and New Mexico also <br /> 20 have a compact on the Pecos River, and at that time, <br /> 21 and I think it ' s changed, but basically New Mexico <br /> 22 was stealing all the water in the Pecos , and Jess <br /> 23 Gilmer from Texas raised the issue with Steve and he <br /> 24 said, You know, there ' s just no water . How can you <br /> 111 25 explain to me that there ' s water above Pecos and you <br />