Hearing to receive testimony on S. 1694, to amend Public Law 103-434 to authorize Phase III of the Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project for the purposes of improving water management in the Yakima River basin, and for other purposes

July 7, 2015
10:00 AM
366 Dirksen Senate Office Building
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing to receive testimony on S. 1694, a bill to amend Public Law 103-434 to authorize Phase III of the Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project for the purposes of improving water management in the Yakima River basin, and for other purposes.

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Opening Remarks

  • Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

    Chairman
    Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee

Minority Statements

  • Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

    Ranking Member
    Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee

Witness Panel 1

  • Mr. Tom Iseman

    Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science
    U.S. Department of the Interior
  • Mr. Derek Sandison

    Director, Department of Agriculture
    State of Washington
  • Mr Urban Eberhart

    Farmer and Manager, Kittitas Reclamation District
  • Mr. Michael Garrity

    Director
    Rivers of Puget Sound and the Columbia Basin American Rivers
  • Mr. Phil Rigdon

    Superintendent, Department of Natural Resources
    Yakama Nation