We're very reliant in parts of this district, like in Tucson, on the Colorado River. But there's other parts of this congressional district that are very reliant upon groundwater. And those groundwater tables are dropping. And Homeowners, small businesses are literally running out of water and cannot afford to build a deeper well. to compete with some of the corporate farming and ranching interests that have come in and are really pumping out a lot of that water. Foreign interests. (12:53–13:14)
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Asserts that homeowners and small businesses are running out of water and cannot afford deeper wells.
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