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,,:--lev 16' f >J '-J FRYINGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO Rin.'l' in eastern Colorado and will generate annually about f)Oi Bul- lion kilowatt-hours of electric ene.rgy. The Fryillgpall-Ark:Hlsas project is not ll. new snbje.et. for this com. mittee. C011sidel'<\t.ioll of legislation to authorize this development started in the 8Hd COllO"l'eSS when the committee held 3 days of hearings in .Tune of WfJ:J. In the 84th Congress the cOlllmittee lield 6 days of hearinO"s and favcl'nLly reported the legislation. In t.he 8Gth COJl- gress Die conlIn.it1~~ lield 4 cl3Y~ of heari~lgs nn~l again ~n\'ol'ably reported the legIslatIOn to authorize. the pro]C'ct. l.he COIlHlllltee held 2 days of hearings in the 86th Congress in June of last year but took no aetioll on the hill. Before st.arting' with the witnesses the Chair will recognize the chairman of the full committee, the Honor"ble IVayne N. Aspinall of Colorado. STATEMENT OF HON. WAYNE N. ASPINALL, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF COLORADO ; Mr. ASPINM,I.. Mr. Chairman. I am glad to see this le~is]ation again before this committee. I am very hopeful that in this Congress we shall be able to report. it fayorably and have it receiye favorable nppl'o\'nl of Congress alllI the President. I "ish to reminu the, ~HppOl'tCl'S of this legislation that there are two other pieces of legislation which ha'\"e. right of priority of ntt.ell- tion Ly Congre~s itself. As the chairlllilll has su;:rgc::;ted, thi~ legislation has been considered and recollsidered several t.imes by the sllbeommitt.ee and the full com- mittee amI has heen before the n;lles Committee on t.wo difl'erent occn- sions and received H rule, bnt has been refused a rule by the House of nepl'esentath.es for its cOl1siderat.ion because of the faet' that it reaehed the Hou~e of He.presentntives during the ln~t. days of dll~ session. I wish to state publicly that in my opinion this project, to date has b~en too l~lUch Im'ed by its_ supporters alld it has been t.oo Jl111eh ('.riti~ cIze("~ by Its opponents. It hns ne\'el' been I'Ctlcly for congressional COIlSldf',ratioll until HOW. Tho~c ,,'ho ha\'e sponsol'cd thi~ project. S!lOllld not be criticized because tlH~Y have Lrollght it here ahead of 1nne and those who oppose it ~hould not be criticized because of the faet tlwt they h,)\'e. ofl'ered their crit.icism, RecI:llnntioIl will only succeed in the United States in the days ahead if it':i authorizing lri- islution is ready for consideration when it is brought hefore- COIl- gress and it is required to follow the proper procedures a..fter it re- ceives congressional :1pprOYlll. There are many people who are c-I'it.ical of reclamation today who :11'e not. crit.ical of recJc-unntion ns a progrnm, irrigiltion f1S n pJ'ogrnm, hyt t.hey, al'e critical of the progmlll brc:1ll_se of the polk.ii~s of )'('ehma~ tlOll wlllch have been promlllgatcrl by CongI'ess~ and have bep.n nc- cep~e~l~ but h:1\.e not been followe(l. These exee-pt ion~ to t.he general poh.cles are what is causing difficllIt.ies fOl" propo::ed re.clnnmt.ion proJects. Thi~ project as I :-;nid is now reach-. There is Very little new to be hrongllt illt? t.hes~ hral'ing-s, bllt. !.he l~llrt, that is new is vcry important 10 the tonslderatlOll of this legislatIOn.