[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 215 (Friday, December 18, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S7709]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO MARTHA McSALLY

  Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. Mr. President, I would like to take a moment to 
recognize and thank Senator Martha McSally for her career of service. I 
had the pleasure of serving alongside Senator McSally on various 
committees but primarily wanted to underscore our work together on the 
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources' Subcommittee on Water 
and Power. In her capacity as subcommittee chair and mine as ranking 
Member, we were successful in shepherding the Colorado River Drought 
Contingency Plan Authorization Act, P.L. 116-1, through the Senate and 
ensuring that it was signed into law on April 16, 2019. This monumental 
legislation culminated years of work by the seven Colorado River basin 
States, researchers, local stakeholders, and Tribal governments, and 
affirmed the commitments made by the basin States to reduce States' 
water usage and target minimum water levels for reservoirs in the 
river's watershed, such as Lake Mead on the Arizona-Nevada border and 
Lake Powell on the Utah-Arizona border. I commend Senator McSally's 
dedication to this effort to secure sustainable water levels for the 40 
million Americans who rely on the Colorado River as a water source. It 
has truly been a pleasure to work with Senator McSally on this and 
other western priorities, and I wish her and her family all the best in 
their future endeavors.

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