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<br />24 FRnNGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO
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<br />This Fryin,g-pnn-Al'knnsas project that is before this committee has
<br />been before us several t.imes. I think the ehairman of the full cOlllmit-
<br />tee has done well to warn people who ha",e an interest in scr.ing that
<br />redamatioll is continued in the 'Vest t.hat it does not step beyond t.he
<br />hounds of reason.
<br />I want to say t.his to you good people from Colora,lo: You have
<br />enjoyed aver)' favol'ft,ble position in many respects, but there_ ha.\"e
<br />been t.ilnes when some of us t.hink YOll hayc t.aken mh-antage- of the
<br />situat.ion probnbl~v a. ]iUlf;l unfairly. Now remel!lber t.hat the. Otl.1(,,1'
<br />peoplp, of the Nation to some extellt are- SUPplYlllg t.he. funds wIt.h
<br />which you are Imildinff these huge irrigation and l'ccJam:ltion power
<br />project's out t.here. .A.j~d more all-d 11l0l:e t.he Congress, I think, :IS 1n-
<br />divi(hmls, are becoming aware of the fact that maybe. we- had better
<br />stop ullrl take a look at SOllIe of these projects.
<br />I WllllL to say t.his too, ~Ir, Chairman: The people of Colorado are
<br />not to Le l'cnsln'ed-anrl I know that vou did not censor t.hem-for
<br />bringing- this project here ahead of ti'11e, I think if anybody should
<br />be ce-nsol'ed for it.. it, is the Bureau of Hceln.mat.illH who brou~ht t.his
<br />thing: IH~]'e, admit.tedly llO\Vl a long: time before it. should it1lcl nOT, in
<br />the proper ~dU1pe. that, itshould haye been in.
<br />TII,lIlk yon, :Mr. Chairman.
<br />1\fr. ~t\SI'INALL. 1\fr. Chairman ~
<br />~fr. ROGERS. Mr. Chairman.
<br />Mr. ASPIN,\LL. Might I be recognized to include the statement. of
<br />the Go\"ernor of Coloradu at. this place in the recor(l, the statement.
<br />of the. HonornuJe '::;(e\"e .McNichols and the statement of Se.lllltor
<br />Carroll. of Coloradu.
<br />1\11'. 1':ol;n:s. "~ith()l1t, ohjection, t.he stntcTIlents of tho GO\"sl'TIor of
<br />Colorado and Senator Cal:l"oll will he inserted in t.he recorrl at. this
<br />point..
<br />(The statement. referred to follows:)
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<br />STAl'E)\ENl' OF STE\'E McNICHOI.S, GOVERNOR OF Cor.lJRAllO
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<br />I wish to :1(111 only tl few words to the record whicb hilS been cOlTlpiled in 'This
<br />('I)IlJlnitt~r~ on the Fl'yin,l.qlllll-Arknn..;.;as project. Whut I luH'~ to ~ay is hut II
<br />small rellectinll llf the !Jut.iellt eII(lrt~ whkh hn,e been exerted b;'i' the perJple nf
<br />the Arl;:~lnsas Villle)' to britJg t!wir project. intI) heing, TOtlllY, I speak for all
<br />of -tlw pr~')Jlle in Colorndo in ::;tnting that this prujeet o('(;upie:; the highe-st
<br />pri(Jrit.:,-~ in the ne'\"eloplJ]{'nt. f,f the water re~ources of our ~t~ te.
<br />The fador whh-h mo~t clouds tlJe future of the Arknnsns Ynllf'\" in Colorado
<br />it:; tlw hll'k of df'jlelHlnhle water supplies. This valll:'Y contains nb~llt ~;:i percent
<br />of the Statl"s t<ltnl pOI'lllntioll, hut only ahollt j ,percent. of tlu:~ anJi!nble surfncf'
<br />wMpJ'~_ The valley's prineiplll citie~, Cnlornl1n Spritlgs nnd Pnehln, are well
<br />known tllroug-Iwllt the unite.] ktate-s, IJUt what is little knowlJ (Jutside 01' Oolr'1'a.<){J
<br />is thnt rlle yalley sutTers from chronic ~h()rtngi~s of w:1ter ;;;upplies, It was tel
<br />SlII11)ly Ii 1!lll't of tlii!:! deficiency th:lt t.he Fryingpnn-Arknm;ils pr(Jj~('t wns
<br />con(.ei,.etl.
<br />The prrol!lems which the proj~t hl1~ f>n~(lunti'rf>(l to dnte have heen lnrgely
<br />of O{1r {)WII making_ Dllrill~ the p'.H;t few yenrs., ho\\'e\'l~r, we han~ 8purf<1 no
<br />eITOI.t. (Ir pxpen!-;c to .<;01n' our iJlternal pl'ohlplll~, "rfo f1(.w pJ'esent to th{> C'oll,c:ress
<br />a pro,it'i:t whieh hns the SI)!i(l endorsement. of our people, H is a p{"(Ijeet wbieh
<br />seiYl'~ n 1!llu1llllrpose of l1i-Omuting de'\"elopmcnt nn hoth sidp~ of the ContilJentlli
<br />Diyillf'. I Hill thp.refllrp plenserl tn atlll Tn:'>' el\llor"-L'll1ellt, to the F,"yilll,.'Vnlt"
<br />Arl;:nll!'lls )ll'Oj{>('t. as dlief excf'ut.i,e of the Rtilte of Colorado.
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