so i want to thank mr. hagekhalil for flying hear from los angeles to participate today. mr.thank you for meeting. >> thank you very much senator. our next witness mr. kevin richardson of oregon who will be introduced by his fellow oregonian senator merkley print saturday have the floor. >> thank you thank you very much mr. chairman i am delighted kevin richards is here accompanied by his two cents a share on the ground experience of farming in our home state. our farmers and oregon are facing immense challenges. the west is in the midst of historic drought. demands of art water have never been higher, while water levels have never been lower. climate chaos is making our summers hotter, drier and longer. and oregon, his temperatures have climbed the average snowpack in the cascade mountains has dropped an average of more than 20 feet over the last 90 years. that means less water for our streams, less water for our farmers, and less water for our ranchers. and the supply of snow melts runs out earlier in the spring or summer than in the past. farmers across oregon have been gr