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Show X. Acknowledgments At hearings before the Subcommittee on Public Works of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives of the U. S. Congress, the Governors of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming in cooperation with the Commission again presented effective testimony on behalf of appropriations of funds for investigation, planning and construction of the Storage Units and participating projects of the Colorado River Storage Project, Our four Governors are to be commended for their united actions on fundamental issues involved in the development of the water and land resources of the Upper Colorado River Basin and for their interest in and support of the Upper Colorado River Commission. The Commission especially wishes to give recognition to the difficult and able work of the members of the U. S. Congress from our four States and to acknowledge with appreciation the assistance it has received from agencies of the Executive Branch of the Federal Government, the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, U. S. Geological Survey, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Department of Agriculture. Officers and personnel of many state agencies having their primary interests in various phases of water resources have also aided materially with cooperative efforts and information. 48 |
