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107th Congress Hearing Archives

Subcommittee on Water and Power Field Hearing at the University of Texas at Brownsville, TX. Oversight hearing on: Lower Rio Grande River Water Security-Opportunities and Challenges. Legislative hearing on: H.R. 2990

Friday, May 3, 2002 | 12:00 AM washington, D.C.
Field Hearing at the University of Texas at Brownsville, TX.
Oversight hearing on
:
Lower Rio Grande River Water Security-Opportunities and Challenges.
Legislative hearing on:
H.R. 2990, to amend the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 to authorize additional projects under that Act, and for other purposes.

INVITED WITNESSES

Panel I

Maryanne Bach, Regional Director, Great Plains Region, Bureau of Reclamation, United States Department of the Interior

Jim Derham, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, United States Department of State

Carlos Ramirez, United States Commissioner, International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico

Panel II 
(Oversight Hearing)

Jo Jo White, General Manager, Hidalgo & Cameron Counties Irrigation District #9

Mary Lou Campbell, Conservationist, Sierra club, Lone Star Chapter, Frontera Audubon Society

Frank Field, President & CEO, Brownsville Chamber of Commerce

 

Panel III
(H.R. 2990)

Ken Jones, Executive Director, Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council

Carlos Rubinstein, Rio Grande Watermaster, Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission

Wayne Halbert, General Manager, Harlingen Irrigation District

Jimmy McCarthy, Rancher and Farmer

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