SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER AND POWER 
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
10:00 a.m.

OVERSIGHT HEARING ON:

• "The Immediate Federal and State Role in Addressing Uncertain Water Deliveries for California and the Impacts on California Communities"

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Bob Johnson
Commissioner
Bureau of Reclamation
Washington, D.C.

* Accompanied by Steve Thompson, Manager, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's California and Nevada Operations Office, Sacramento, CA

Lester Snow
Director
California Department of Water Resources
Sacramento, CA

Rick Frank
Member
Blue Ribbon Task Force
Delta Vision
Berkeley, CA

Panel II

Wally Bishop
General Manager
Contra Costa Water District
Concord, CA

Jeff Kightlinger
General Manager
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Jean Sagouspe
Family Farmer
Los Banos, CA

Larry Starrh
Starrh & Starrh Cotton Growers
Shafter, CA
* Accompanied by Jim Beck, General Manager, Kern County Water District

Jose Ramirez
City Manager
City of Firebaugh, CA

Dan Nelson
Executive Director
San Luis and Delta-Mendota Water Authority
Los Banos, CA

Rich Atwater
CEO and General Manager
Inland Empire Utilities Agency
Chino, CA