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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Below is the opening statement by
Congressman George Miller at Tuesday’s Hearing on Congressman Mike
Thompson’s bill to provide a defined source and dollar amount for <st1:place
w:st="on">Trinity River</st1:place> Restoration. As many of you know, the Restoration
Program has been not been funded at the level anticipated by the Record of
Decision. Congressman Miller has been instrumental in the past in obtaining additional
funding for the Program. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Thomas Weseloh, FOTR board member and
North Coast Manager for California Trout, testified in support of the
legislation at the Hearing.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt'><b><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>“Thank you to Chairwoman Napolitano for holding the hearing, and
thank you to Mike Thompson for introducing the <st1:place w:st="on">Trinity
River</st1:place> Restoration Fund Act.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt'><b><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>“I have been involved in the fight to restore the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Trinity
River</st1:place></st1:place> and its fisheries for many years. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt'><b><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>“Undoing the damage caused to the Trinity River by the Central
Valley Project has been a long and constant struggle, and the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Trinity
River</st1:place></st1:place> restoration program has faced bureaucratic,
legal, and financial hurdles. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt'><b><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>“But the effort to restore the Trinity has been highly successful
even in the face of those challenges. That is good news for the fishing
communities of the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">North</st1:PlaceName></st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Coast</st1:PlaceType></st1:PlaceType>,
good news for the tribes who have a special connection with the Trinity, and
good news for the state of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State></st1:place></st1:State>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt'><b><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>“This bill will provide the required funding so that the
restoration of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Trinity River</st1:place></st1:place>
can proceed as it should. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt'><b><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>“We can – and we should – restore the fish and wildlife
of the Trinity basin as well as on the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">San Joaquin</st1:PlaceName></st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">River</st1:PlaceType></st1:place></st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
and I do not believe that the two noble efforts are mutually exclusive.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt'><b><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>“I strongly support this bill, and I look forward to the testimony.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><em><i><font size=3 color=gray
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Byron
Leydecker</span></font></i></em></st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Friends of <st1:place w:st="on">Trinity
River</st1:place>, Chair</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>California Trout, Inc., Advisor</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on"><em><i><font
size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:gray'>PO Box</span></font></i></em></st1:Street><em><i><font
color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span style='color:gray'> 2327</span></font></i></em></st1:address><o:p></o:p></p>
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color:gray'>Mill Valley</span></font></i></em></st1:City><em><i><font
color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span style='color:gray'>, <st1:State w:st="on">CA</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">94942-2327</st1:PostalCode></span></font></i></em></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>415 383 4810 </span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>415 519 4810 cell</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="mailto:bwl3@comcast.net">bwl3@comcast.net</a></span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="mailto:bleydecker@stanfordalumni.org">bleydecker@stanfordalumni.org</a></span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://www.fotr.org">http://www.fotr.org</a></span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://www.caltrout.org">http://www.caltrout.org</a></span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a href="http://www.fotr.org"></a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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