dr. james famiglietti, did i do pretty good with that? okay. a professor and director of earth systems sciences at the university of california at irvine. his research group uses nasa gravity recovery and climate experiment mission for satellite remote sensing and to track water availability and groundwater demeese on land -- depletion on land. before joining the faculty in 2001, he was an assistant and associate professor in the department of geological sciences at the university of texas. glad to have you there. i now recognize representative pew champion to introduce our second witness. >> thank you, mr. chairman. our second witness today is the mayor of indianapolis, the honorable gregory a. ballard. greg ballard was elected the 48th mayor of indianapolis on november 6, 2007, and the city reelected mayor ballard to a second term on november 8, 2011. in 2010 mayor ballard launched an initiative to rebuild residential streets, sidewalks and this is on a successful pathway. mayor ballard also helped lead a team that very successfully hosted th

dr. famiglietti?>> so by priority do you mean higher amount? >> that and more emphasis, perhaps, higher priority? >> okay. so i make a comment in my written testimony that if nidis is to continue to play mostly a coordinating role, then i think the amount of money that's been allocated is sufficient. but, um, to really do a great job, you know, what underlies what dr. pull pulwarty is tryino accomplish is the models. and so i made the point that i think the models are far from where they need to be. and so that's a much greater investment. >> great. mrs. langenfelder? >> well, you're talking to someone who doesn't know very much about how much is budgeted for, so i would just say that is an important factor if reporting, but i'm not familiar with that, and i'd have to apologize for not having a good answer. >> i was going to use the farm bureau could always use more in that area. >> oh, we could always use lots more of everything. [laughter] >> okay, last question. let me start again with the same fou

dr. famiglietti, you mentioned the hydrological cycle. human behavior to ignore drought and water resources the pleated and the situation is dire. how can we break that cycle? what can we do about that? >> education and outreach is the key. extension service, land grant universities and that sort of thing, critical in that regard, helping people understand this is not something that will go away and never come back. it happens in oklahoma every year. how do we best prepare for it. that is the key as far as i am concerned. >> i want to say you had me at blueberries and hazelnuts. we think about this a fair amount and one of the things we have come to is people need to understand where their water is coming from. if they understand where their water is coming from they will understand the long-term hand in southern california water from the sierras decreasing and use groundwater and imports -- snowpack decrease in. that is the awareness that will help people understand the long term. >> we have some fine things in the district. thank you. i

dr. james famiglietti, did i do good with that? a professor and director of earth system science at the university of california, irvine. his research group uses the climate experiment satellite for remote sensing to track water availability. before joining the faculty at the university of california in 2001, he was an assistant and associate professor in the department of geological sciences at the university of texas. glad to have you there. i now recognize rep bouchon -- representative bouchon. >> our second witness is the honorable gregory ballard, mayor of indianapolis. the city of indianapolis reelected him to a second term on november 8, 2011. in 2010, he announced an initiative to rebuild a deteriorating residential streets, sidewalks, and bridges, as well as to address flooding issues for the city. this is on a successful pathway. mayor ballard has also helped lead a team that helps that this year's super bowl -- congratulations to the city of an apple -- indianapolis. based on that success, it will be winning, we hope, th

dr. james famiglietti -- did i do good with that? a professor and director of earth system science at the university of california, irvine. his research group uses the climate experiment satellite for remote sensing to track water availability. before joining the faculty at the university of california in 2001, he was an assistant and associate professor in the department of geological sciences at the university of texas. glad to have you there. i now recognize representative bouchon. >> our second witness is the honorable gregory ballard, mayor of indianapolis. the city of indianapolis reelected him to a second term on november 8, 2011. in 2010, he announced an initiative to rebuild deteriorating residential streets, sidewalks, and bridges, as well as to address flooding issues for the city. this is on a successful pathway. mayor ballard has also helped lead a team that helps that this year's super bowl -- congratulations to indianapolis. based on that success, it will be winning, we hope, the super bowl in 2018. welcome, mayor ball