mr. ritchie? 2003. >> that is a long time. when i emailed people, they said they were surprised this was happening so fast. vice president moran: commissioner courtney's question. >> i was at a hearing last week for cal water, and the chair from the san mateo planning commission was there and ask a lot of good questions, and one of them was, well, with less local water available and other restrictions, where is our water going to come from, because i been approving a lot of housing developments assuming the water is going to be there, but your plan does not convince me, and whether it is was, "well, we are going to look into desal," and she said that did not make her more comfortable because there is a lot of controversy over that. climate change, using all of this energy to produce a water source piccata adding to greenhouse gases, so i think it is a good point. you're going to hear from organizations that are concerned at some point, and maybe it is better to hear in the first place, because i do not think people believe thi

mr. ritchie. >> let me say out front -- we are not proposing the desalination project. we are seeking to determine whether it makes sense to pursue by any two or more agencies. and some of them have been examined on the technical aspects of desalination, some of them on how do we work together, which is part of the challenge of the project. we are looking to compare this for all our water supply issues for the future. this memorandum will allow us to participate in additional work, which includes the termination of future conditions and the ability to move water through it, including variability based on their projected maps. they are geographically in the spot where the water would have to come into their system to make it work. second, modeling the project impacts on marine life, specifically taking water and from a spot in contra costa county. third, evaluation of the car and footprints, and opportunities for -- evaluation of the carbon footprint, an opportunity aged big and opportunities for mitigation of that. if we go forward with the project, we need to do this i

mr. ritchie? 2003. >> that is a long time. when i emailed people, they said they were surprised this was happening so fast.

mr. ritchie, what you are doing. you have one of all things on your show. -- wonderful things on your show. i wish that c-span could educate as a little bit more of about how the senate and house works, they do things that i do not understand, but i've learned so much, and thank you so much, because we need you very bad the. -- very badly. host: ned, what you think about congress on tv? caller: i enjoy it. it is so informative. i believe more people need to watch it. i don't think there is enough people in this country who know w things wor host: how often do you watch it? caller: i watch "washington journal" every day, booktv, you're the program, every weekend, all weekend long. i just wish we got the history section, c-span3, here. host: all right. you don't get c-span3 in washington, indiana? .aller: no, we don't t host: do you know why? have you talked to provider? caller: they are getting ready to change, and i intend to write and ask about that. i would like to have all three channels. that would be really nice

mr. ritchie, what you are doing. you have one of all things on your show. -- wonderful things on your show. i wish that c-span could educate as a little bit more of about how the senate and house works, they do things that i do not understand, but i've learned so much, and thank you so much, because we need you very bad the. -- very badly. host: ned, what you think about congress on tv? caller: i enjoy it. it is so informative. i believe more people need to watch it. i don't think there is enough people in this country who know how things work. host: how often do you watch it? caller: i watch "washington journal" every day, booktv, you're the program, every weekend, all weekend long. i just wish we got the history section, c-span3, here. host: all right. you don't get c-span3 in washington, indiana? .aller: no, we don't t host: do you know why? have you talked to provider? caller: they are getting ready to change, and i intend to write and ask about that. i would like to have all three channels. that would be really

mr. ritchie, what you are doing.not understand, but i've learned so much, and thank you so much, because we need you very bad the. -- very badly. host: ned, what you think about congress on tv? caller: i enjoy it. it is so informative. i believe more people need to watch it. i don't think there is enough people in this country who know how things work. host: how often do you watch it? caller: i watch "washington journal" every day, booktv, you're the program, every weekend, all weekend long. i just wish we got the history section, c-span3, here. host: all right. you don't get c-span3 in washington, indiana? .aller: no, we don't t host: do you know why? have you talked to provider? caller: they are getting ready to change, and i intend to write and ask about that. i would like to have all three channels. that would be really nice. host: we will put the numbers back on the screen if you want to comment about 25 years of senate on television. june 2, 1986, was one of the senate -- was when the senate broadcast its proce