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<br />onoin <br /> <br />AR!~Q1;rA v. CAtIrt'CR:t~:tA. Ai~t PACiFIO SbiJ't:EtWEST WA1'ERf<itOBLEMS 13 <br /> <br />And before the same commission Mr. Steiner lectured that body on <br />Oalifornia's chances for success in Washington: <br /> <br />'rhere is a lesson to be learned from the actions of the Senate sub- <br />committee and of the full committee. Oalifornia cannot expect to <br />get cverything she desires in a regional program. We will have to <br />be realistic in our demands . . . These votes clearly indicate that <br />support in United States Senate for permanent priority to 4.4 mil- <br />lion acre-feet for Oalifornia is and will be "scarce as hen's teeth. " <br />'1'0 demand provisos in the act authorizing the Oentral Arizona <br />Project that are unattainable is tantamount to outright ob- <br />struction.8 <br /> <br />The transcript of the committce's August 13-14 hearing indicates con- <br />clusively that there is no support in Oalifornia for the compromise to <br />S. 1658 negotiated by its representativcs. Its sole support came from <br />Mr. Goldberg. A major purpose of this committee's work and of this <br />report is to explorc the alternatives which thereby confront Oalifornia <br />and to suggest a position more consonant with Oalifornia's true interest. <br />This committee feels that Oalifornia requires and will have vigorous <br />and positive leadership in water matters. Thc future prosperity and <br />cconomic and physical well-being of the pcoplc of our state are at stake. <br />Our state has learned-that we can ill afford to put forth water policies <br />devcloped more closely with representatives of the State of Arizona <br />than with our own water agencies and our own State Legislature. <br />The appendix of this report includes the texts of the Oolorado River <br />Oompact, the Boulder Oanyon Project Act, the Oalifornia Limitation <br />Act, the Supreme Oourt decree in Arizona v. California, and legislation <br />proposed by the committee. Pertinent excerpts from proposed legisla- <br />tion (S. 1658, as amended (Goldberg Amendment) S. 2760, and draft <br />Pacific Southwest Water Plan) arc found within the text of Ohapter v. <br /> <br />8 Ibid.~ at 22. <br /> <br />. <br />