[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 108 (Wednesday, September 6, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1650]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   IN RECOGNITION OF STEPHEN K. HALL

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                         HON. DENNIS A. CARDOZA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, September 6, 2006

  Mr. CARDOZA. Mr. Speaker, it is with the greatest pleasure that I 
rise today on behalf of my colleagues Rep. Jim Costa, Rep. Devin Nunes, 
Rep. Richard Pombo and Rep. George Radanovich to honor Stephen K. Hall, 
the Executive Director of the Association of California Water Agencies 
(ACWA) for his outstanding contributions to California agriculture and 
the California water community.
  The recognition that my colleagues and I are offering today is well 
deserved and long overdue. Throughout his career, Steve has remained a 
champion for California agriculture and for the protection and delivery 
of safe and clean water. Soon after graduating from California State 
University, Fresno in the early 1970's, Steve began his career as 
General Manager of the Tulare Lake Drainage District. In the years 
following, Steve founded the Land Preservation Association, an 
organization created to help develop and implement irrigation and 
drainage policy in California, and the California Farm Water Coalition, 
a pioneer collaboration of agricultural water users and water agencies. 
In 1992 Steve became the Executive Director of ACWA, and in the years 
since has helped shape the laws and policies that affect California's 
cities, farms and businesses. Under Steve's guidance and leadership, 
the ACWA has been a leader in California water issues. Devoted to 
promoting the development, management and reasonable beneficial use of 
water in an environmentally balanced manner, Steve has been involved in 
many major statewide water issues affecting California's local water 
agencies. He was a lead negotiator in the three-way negotiations 
between agricultural, urban and environmental water representatives 
that led to the creation of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program and the 
passage of Propositions 204 and 13.
  Steve Hall's expertise in California's water issues and water policy 
has been recognized and utilized by many as he has served in numerous 
appointed and advisory capacities to Governors Deukmejian, Wilson and 
Davis. Currently, Steve serves on the Boards of Directors for the 
California Water Institute and the California Infrastructure Coalition, 
as a member of the UC Davis Land Air and Water Advisory Committee and 
the California Bay-Delta Public Advisory Committee, and is the co-chair 
of the Water Supply Sub-Committee for the California Bay-Delta Water 
Authority.
  Mr. Speaker, on the occasion of Steve Hall's 55th birthday, it is 
with the utmost respect and appreciation that my colleague's and I 
acknowledge his enormous and lasting contributions to the future of 
California and America in his continued commitment to sustaining our 
most precious resource, water.

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