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<br /> <br />o <br />(...-, <br /> <br />,-, <br />, <br /> <br />~,J <br /> <br />'') <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />STATEMENT OF JAMES 0, FOSTER <br />CHAIRMAN, KANSAS INTERSTATE COMMITTEE <br />THE ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN <br /> <br />TO <br /> <br />CHAIRMAN <br />SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT <br />APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE <br /> <br />UNITED STATES SENATE <br />***** <br /> <br />U, S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES <br /> <br />Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee, my name is James O. Foster. <br /> <br /> <br />I am Public Affairs Coordinator for the Boeing Military Airplane Company. <br /> <br /> <br />Wichita, KS and Chairman of the Kansas Governor's Interstate Committee <br /> <br />for the Arkansas River Basin. I am pleased to submit this statement <br />today on behalf of myself and the other members of the Kansas Delegation <br />who were appointed to represent the State of Kansas by the Honorable <br />John Carlin, Governor. <br /> <br />My collegues are Mr. Arthur Woodman, Architect, Wichita; Mr. Frank <br />Liebert, Attorney-at-Law, Coffeyville; Mr. Roger Brown, Bank Executive. <br />Arkansas City; Mr. Taylor Peckham. Insurance Executive, Augusta. Kansas. <br />We are honored to join with our colleagues from the great State of <br />Arkansas. Colorado. Missouri. and Oklahoma in appearing before you today <br />to put forth our views on the appropriations and projects in Kansas and <br />the Arkansas River Basin. <br /> <br />As part of this statement. you will find an appendix which the <br /> <br /> <br />Delegation wishes to discuss. The Appendix lists those projects in the <br /> <br /> <br />Arkansas River Basin of Kansas which the Interstate Committee of the <br /> <br />State of Kansas requests funding. In addition to the budget figure. <br />we have listed our recommended funding to advance or to keep on schedule <br />projects now underway. <br /> <br />14 <br />