First i'd like to address the committee and say my name is Larry Laffer, and I have a brief statement for you.
this is a key example of NON CLIMATE CHANGE enviornmental disasters. They've simply used up all the water in that lake, and it surely doesn't get enough rain fall to fill it. it's in the middle of the desert ffs. it does get fed by the colorado river, but guess what, VEGAS is booming baby. more people using water (not even wasting it per se, just more people using it) means LAKE DRIES UP faster than it can be replenished. It has nothing to do with climate change. Humans aren't meant to live in the desert like that. that place reminds me of the mars colony from Total Recall.

anyways, a key solution to this problem, would be a trans american pipleine that ships water from flooded areas to places that need it. so instead of the oil pipeline, we have a water pipeline that could say, prevent another Katrina disaster, while at the same time preventing what we see here with lake Mead.



thank you for your time.