SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS BARRETT 7 8 10 11 17 20 23 25 26 27 28 30 32 34 35 GUTKNECHT 9 17 30 HIRSCH 20 26 27 33 KEITH WILLIAMS 4 KIND 11 14 17 32 34 35 LANCE KOTSCHWAR 4 MINGE 8 17 28 29 30 35 R 4 STEPHEN HATERIUS 4 STOERKER 23 26 35 WEBER 18 26 27 28 29 34 WILLIAM E. O'CONNER, J 4 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. BILL BARRETT, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF NEBRASKA PAGE 7 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. DAVID MINGE, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF MINNESOTA PAGE 8 STATEMENT OF HON. GIL GUTKNECHT, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF MINNESOTA PAGE 9 STATEMENT OF HON. RON KIND, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF WISCONSIN PAGE 11 STATEMENT OF THOMAS A. WEBER, DEPUTY CHIEF FOR PROGRAMS, NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, PAGE 18 STATEMENT OF ROBERT HIRSCH, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR WATER, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PAGE 20 STATEMENT OF HOLLY STOERKER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN ASSOCIATION, ST. PAUL, MN PAGE 23 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING