. >> we have nathan -- and chris nelson from the public facilities commission. >> the good afternoon, supervisors. i am chris nelson, the senior vice manager of the san joaquin project. >> can you keep the comments down in the back and if you need to leave the room, please do so, quietly. >> the water system improvement program has put in place many improvements in the regional water system, required for the reliability of service in the sierra and the local reservoirs for the city. into -- i am here to help you with a unique planning part of that program. this planning is to improve the reliability of some of the existing facilities. this is a little bit different, without a specific scope, and framed so that this will address the work that we will need to do in the next 20 years to keep the system reliably operating. it will extend the service life of a pair of three pipelines -- a set of three pipelines, and implement rehabilitation or this is required. until the deficiency of the aging pipelines become apparent. i would like to talk to you about the signings of the california envi

my sincere thanks goes to state senator jay nelson, state senator chris harris, state senator john carona, and state representatives vicky truett, burt solomons, linda harper brown, and todd staples. these brave men and women have taken a courageous stand on this issue and i feel it's my obligation to follow through with their request. the federal government must end sustained deficit spending. in fiscal year 2010, the federal government accumulated a deficit in excess of $1.3 trillion. an annual deficit that exceeds the entire gross state product of texas. in order to finance our current deficit, we borrow 40 cents of every dollar we spend. 40 cents on the dollar. money that could easily go to pay our national debt down. the longer we wait only results in more debt, debt that we will pass along to our children and to our grandchildren. national debt -- our national debt currently stands at $14.7 trillion, which equals a debt per taxpayer, per taxpayer of $131,288. this is a problem that we can no longer ignore. i urge my colleagues to join me in supporting the texas legislature's request

watched nelson mandela find the freedom for people of south africa, thank you again for a wonderful opportunity. (applause) >> rose: there'srowing spulation about whether new jersey governor chris christie will enter the replican presidential contest. he's being urged to run by many dinary citizens, wealthy donors and party leaders. s appeal includes his blunt style, fresh face and record in new jersey. there's still questions about his experience and electability in a closely watched speech tuesday night at the ronald reagan presidential library governor christie attacked president obama's record. >> ourbipartisan accomplishments in new jersey have help to set a tone that's taken ahold across many other states. it is a simple but powerful message. lead on the tough issues by telling your citizen it is truth about the depths of our challenges. tell them the truth about the difficulty of our solutions. this is the only way to lead america during these troubling times. in washington, on the other hand we have watched as we drift from conflict to conflict with little or no resolution. we watch a president who once talked about the courage of his convictions but still has yet fod t